Matsyapurana 124.5

124.5

bhūyo bhūyaḥ pravakṣyāmi pramāṇaṃ candrasūryayoḥ
mahitatvānmahacchabdo hy asminnarthe nigadyate //

I shall again and again impress on you the vast magnitude of the sun and the moon. On account of the vastness of their magnitude, the expression mahat (Great) has been used in their connection. The circumference of the sun is equal to the diameter of the Bhâratavarṣa (?). It is 9,000 yojnas in diameter and three times as much in circumference.—5-7.