Astronomy Seminar 3

VIHE Seminar: Towaco, NJ - 1990 / (207)

Thompson considers parallels between descriptions in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Canto 5 of the rings of Bhū-maṇḍala, and the planetary orbits observed by contemporary astronomers, noting that the radius of Bhū-maṇḍala is approximately twice the radius of Saturn's orbit. Thompson illustrates how numerous geographic descriptions found in this Purāṇic account could mirror a variety of complex modern constructs, such as quantum jumps, higher dimensions, and wave/particle duality.