[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Matsyapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya) › 124.5 # Matsyapurana 124.5 Matsyapurāṇa 124.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [124.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.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. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 124.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.124.4) - [Next: 124.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.124.6) - [Up: 124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.124) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.124.p3) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.124.5) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.1.21.5) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.50.61) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.124.5) — Sanskrit - [Prakriyāpāda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.prakriyapada.50.61) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.124.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.124.5) · Pramāṇa