Description of the solar system - Verse 137
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 21 · Verse 137
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Sanskrit Original
सौरं सौम्यं तु विज्ञेयं नाक्षत्रं सावनं तथा। मानान्येतानि चत्वारि यैःपुराणे हि निश्चयः।।
sauraṃ saumyaṃ tu vijñeyaṃ nākṣatraṃ sāvanaṃ tathā| mānānyetāni catvāri yaiḥpurāṇe hi niścayaḥ||
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Sūta said: The following are the four measures (for calculating time) viz.: Saura (Solar), Saumya (Lunar), Nākṣatra (sidereal) and Sāvana (based on Savana calculation of days from sunrise to sunset). These measures are decisively mentioned in the Purāṇas.