vedic cosmography & astronomy
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Dr. Richard Thompson shows that the Fifth Canto's cosmography and the accounts of the solar system found in the Jyoisa-sastras are not contradictory, but that they in fact represent distinct yet mutually consistent ways of comprehending a universe with important features beyond the range of ordinary sense perception. Here in the book the author begins with the account of Vedic astronomy by discussing the astronomical siddhantas. It discusses space, physical laws and processes of sense perception; gives an account of Puranic cosmology, addresses the question of whether or not there is any empirical evidence supporting the higher-dimensional picture of the universe, and surveys the modern scientific evidence regarding the theory of the expanding universe. Lastly, some brief answers to a number of common questions are presented.
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