Nitichandra dasa sent me the following, any comments Mayesa Dasa Finding the Moon in Surya Siddhanta by Mayesa dasa makes it that the Srimad Bhagavatam is small earth centered however, is this actually right? A small earth of 5,000 yojanas circumference is not even once mentioned. Other lower puranas mention it. Vayu Purana 53.46: The suns ray called susumna develops the declining moon. It is said to be exerting power (to the moon) laterally and from above. Linga Purana 57.73: The suns position is above. The moon is lower. Narada purana 2.54.154: In a solar eclipse the moon obscures the sun. In a lunar eclipse the shadow of the earth obscures the moon. Vishnudharmottara Purana 42.40-4: The lord Hari-Vishnu said to me (Rahu) : O Demon you will be a planet and will be worshiped. At the time of periodic change of the moon, you will cover the moon and the sun. You will be the idol of darkness and invisible and move in the opposite direction. O Demon, the moon will be covered by the shadow of the earth and the sun will be covered with the moon. When you will rise, O best of the Demon, you will always get a share in the good deeds of bathing, chanting and performing sacrifice, donation, shraddha ceremony, and the worship of gods at the time of eclipse. Vishnudharmottara Purana 106.20-23: 20. The pole, the son of Uttanapada is stated to be Vishnu, attached to which the crowd of the heavenly winds and lights are made to twin round. 21. The orbit of the seven rishis (the great Bear) is stated to be always below that... 22-23. Below that is the Bha circle and below is Saturn. Below that is the Sun and below him is stated to be Venus. Below that Mercury, while below him is the moon. Varahamihitras Brihat Samhita Chapter 4 – On the moons transit: By the suns rays one half of the moon that is always beneath the sun is illuminated, while the other half becomes dark by her own shadow just as one half of the pot exposed to the sun is. Varahamihitras Brihat Samhita Chapter 5 – On Rahus course: At the lunar eclipse the moon enters the shadow of the earth, and at the solar eclipse she enters in front of the the suns disc. The moon situated below and moving from the west obstructs the solar disc like the cloud. Surya Siddhanta: The sun is 108 sun diameters from the earth and the moon is 108 moon diameters from the earth.
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