The Speed of Light and Puranic Cosmology

Details The Speed of Light and Puranic Cosmology The Speed of Light and Puranic Cosmology

1998-04-18

arxiv.org/abs/physics/9804020v3

Annals Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, vol. 80, pp. 113-123, 1999.

Physics

History and Philosophy of Physics

13 pages

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We survey early Indian ideas on the speed of light and the size of the universe. A context is provided for Sayana's statement (14th century)that the speed is 2,202 yojanas per half nimesha (186,000 miles per second!). It is shown how this statement may have emerged from early Puranic notions regarding the size of the universe. Although this value can only be considered to be an amazing coincidence, the Puranic cosmology at the basis of this assertion illuminates many ancient ideas of space and time.

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