A Map of the Solar System in the Bhagavata Purana

(1998). A Map of the Solar System in the Bhagavata Purana

Publication Info: 

Thompson, Richard. "A Map of the Solar System in the Bhagavata Purana." Alachua, FL: Bhaktivedanta Institute, 1998.

Abstract: 

The Sanskrit text Bhagavata Purana gives a detailed account of the earth as a disk, divided into a series of concentric, ring-shaped oceans and islands. This paper explores the hypothesis that the earth disk can be interpreted as a geocentric map of the solar system, showing how the planets approach and recede from the earth. 

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