“Tatha cha smaryate yojnanam sahastre dwe dwe shate cha yojane ekain nimishardhen kramamana namo.stute iti”
This is a prayer to the Sun God mentioned as a commentary by Sayanacharya on the 4th verse of the hymn of Rig Veda 1.50.
What is the significance in scientific terms of this prayer?
2 comments:
it describes the speed of light??
The first ever mention of the value of speed of light which could be derived from this prayer
1 yojana=9 miles
0.5 nimisha = 8/75 seconds
Using these values the value of speed of light comes 186,413.22 miles per second which is very close to the scientific figure of 186,300 miles per second
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