[Advaita-l] Adi Sankara knew Earth is round and rotating

[srirudra at vsnl.com]

Dears
It is interesting to know that Sri Sankara has deduced that the shadow cone of the earth only causes darkness-night.So light is the nature of the universe.[In the Bible -Old Testament-it is said in the Genesis that  -there was darkness tobegin with and God began the creation by pronouncing -Let  there be Light -and light came to be].So darkness is nothing but light getting hidden by opaque objects.Usually we think that light has to be created to expel the darkness but it seems that it is the otherway about.Remove the obstruction/enveloper and the eternal light shines.Jnanam is like light.It is obstructed by avidhya/ahamkaram/karma/maya.By striving earnestly one can uplift oneself to become jnanavan.Just some thoughts to share with.R.Krishnamoorthy.

----- Original Message -----
From: Sunil Bhattacharjya <sunil_bhattacharjya at yahoo.com>
Date: Wednesday, January 4, 2012 1:01 am
Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Adi Sankara knew Earth is round and rotating
To: A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>

> Namaste,
> 
> 
> Aryabhatta was born in 1325 BCE, according to one source 
> (P.C.Sengupta quotes the relevant verse) and according to several  
> other sources (Dr. Kosla Vepa quotes that verse) Aryabhatta was 
> born even much earlier. Aryabhatta was the first among the ancient 
> Indians to say that the Earth moved round the Sun. The Vedas also 
> have allusion to that. A great Vedic scholar Adi Sankara is 
> obviously expected to know that the Earth moved round the earth. 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Sunil KB
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Venkatesh Murthy <vmurthy36 at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 6:52 AM
> Subject: [Advaita-l] Adi Sankara knew Earth is round and rotating
> 
> Namaste
> 
> In Bruhadaranyaka 6-2-11 Adi Sankara has said Pruthvi Chayam Hi
> Sharvaram Tama Acakshate- They say the shadow portion of Earth is
> Darkness of Night
> 
> The Sunlight portion  is Day and the Shadow portion is Night. He knew
> Earth is rotating and round before Westerners discovered the same.
> 
> -- 
> Regards
> 
> -Venkatesh
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