Astronomy and Cosmology

Author(s): L C Jain
Publisher: Rajasthan Prakrit Bharti Sansthan Jaipur

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Muni Mahendra kumar II, has approximately calculated this value to be 1 rajju = 4.00 x 10 {( ?:8 x 10245 ) + 3} miles by taking the same values of Sirşaprahelikā and yojana as mentioned carlier. 46
He has concluded that the volume of the universe, thus, could not be less than
296
(10) 10
cubic miles.
The figures of the universe, given ahead, speak for themselves, the shape and the volume of the universe (loka). For details of the volumes of the three types of layers of air and water-vapour, all around the universe, the Tiloyapanpatti gives very vivid description, showing that there is no outer surface of the universe without these layers. 47
FRAME OF DESCARTES
Descartes (+ 1596 to + 1650), a soldier and mathematician desired only tranquillity and repose. He emphasized order and measure in mathematics and discovered coordinate geometry, from which algebraic equations could be framed for a curvilinear path of a moving point.
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46. Cf. V. P., pp. 119-123. 47. Cf. T. P. G., pp. 36-39.
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