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Description of the solar system - Verse 3

Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 21 · Verse 3

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Sanskrit Original

पर्यासपरिमाणं तु चन्द्रादित्यौ प्रकाशतः। पर्यास्तात्पारिमाण्येन भूमेस्तुल्यं दिवं स्मृतम।।

paryāsaparimāṇaṃ tu candrādityau prakāśataḥ| paryāstātpārimāṇyena bhūmestulyaṃ divaṃ smṛtam||

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Sūta said: (?) The space covered by the brilliant refulgence of the sun and the moon is the extent of the seven seas and the continents. The light falls over half the extent of the earth and the other side remains external. The sun and the moon illuminate the area around facing them.