Vedic Cosmography and Astronomy |
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Introduction | 1 |
The Astronomical Siddhāntas | 7 |
Vedic Cosmography | 47 |
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according to modern Aryabhata's ascending node astronomical astronomical siddhāntas Bhāgavatam Bhū Bhū-maṇḍala Brahmā calculations CALIFORNIA LIBRARY celestial equator celestial sphere circumference computed corresponds cycle demigods described diameter dimensional disc distance Doppler effect dvipas earth globe ecliptic equinoxes evidence Fifth Canto Figure galaxies Gosvāmi Greek heliocentric higher higher-dimensional Hipparchus Hubble's constant idea Indian astronomers Indian astronomy indicates interpretation Jambudvipa Jupiter jyotiṣa jyotiṣa śāstras Kali-yuga Kṛṣṇa locations Lord lunar Mahārāja Mars material mean longitudes mean positions Mercury miles per yojana million miles modern astronomy modern Western moon motion Mount Meru Mountain observations ocean orbit parameters physics Pingree Pingree's planetary systems planets polestar Ptolemaic Ptolemy's Purāṇas quasars Rāhu red shifts refers region relative rotation Saturn Satyaloka solar space Śrila Srila Prabhupada Srimad-Bhāgavatam stars statement suggest Surya-siddhānta Table theory three-dimensional UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Vaiṣṇava Vamsidhara Vedic cosmology Vedic literature Venus verse Vṛndāvana yogi yojanas Zeta Piscium