Astronomy and Cosmology

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

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“A peculiarity of the school of Aryabhata is their assertion of measure of the great circle on the celestial sphere as 12,474,720,576,000 yojanas, which is the distance moved by the sun, the moon, or star and planets in a yuga (acon). According to Lishk and Sharma, the origin of this tradition may be traced back to the Jaina's practice of measuring celestial distances in terms of corresponding distances as projected over the earth.124
124 “Role of Pre-Aryabhata Jaina School of Astronomy in the Development
of Siddhāntic Astronomy,” I. J. H. S., vol. 12, no. 2, Nov. 1977, pp. 106-113.
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