Description of the solar system - Verse 13
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 21 · Verse 13
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Sanskrit Original
तस्या ऊर्द्ध्वप्रमाणेन मेरोर्यावत्तु संस्थितिः। पृथिव्या ह्यर्द्धविस्तारो योजनाग्रात्प्रकीर्त्तितः।।
tasyā ūrddhvapramāṇena meroryāvattu saṃsthitiḥ| pṛthivyā hyarddhavistāro yojanāgrātprakīrttitaḥ||
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Sūta said: Its situation from an upword measure (?)is as far as the Meru. Half the extent of the earth is stated in terms of Yojanas. The extent of the earth towards all the sides (quarters) from the middle of the Meru is remembered as one crore and eighty-nine lakhs (of Yojanas) and fifty thousand. Hence, the extent of the circular section of the earth is roughly eleven crores and thirty-seven lakhs. This is reckoned as the extent of the surface of the Earth.