04-13-2004, 10:34 PM
ideally we may want to keep this thread solely for Astronomy during the vedic era and not later day Hindu astronomy- this can go on in the Indian science thread to avoid two threads with overlapping content.
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One R^igvedic mantra that provides an apparent allusion to a northern latitude is this one:
amI ya R^ikSA nihitAsa uccA naktaM dadR^ishre kuha cid diveyuH |
adabdhAni varuNasya vratAni vicAkashac candramA naktameti ||
"this great Bear set high above": amI ya R^ikSA nihitAsa uccA
more later
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One R^igvedic mantra that provides an apparent allusion to a northern latitude is this one:
amI ya R^ikSA nihitAsa uccA naktaM dadR^ishre kuha cid diveyuH |
adabdhAni varuNasya vratAni vicAkashac candramA naktameti ||
"this great Bear set high above": amI ya R^ikSA nihitAsa uccA
more later