Description of the solar system - Verse 109
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 21 · Verse 109
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Sanskrit Original
सूर्याग्निग्रसमानानां संध्याकाले हि रक्षसाम। प्रजापतिनियोगेन शापस्त्वेषां दुरात्मनाम।।
sūryāgnigrasamānānāṃ saṃdhyākāle hi rakṣasām| prajāpatiniyogena śāpastveṣāṃ durātmanām||
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Sūta said: This (mountain) has the illumination on the side of the world. Beyond the worlds, it is devoid of illumination. The inter-space between. Uṣā (Night or Dawn) and Vyuṣṭi (Morning) joins the Lokāloka accepted by the sun(?) Therefore, they call it Sandhyā (Twilight). Uṣā is remembered as night and Vyuṣṭi is remembered as the day, by the Brāhmaṇas