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Matsyapurana 125.38

Matsyapurāṇa 125.38

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Sanskrit

125.38

sthitena tvekacakreṇa pañcāreṇa triṇābhinā
hiraṇmayenāṇunā vai aṣṭacakraikaneminā
cakreṇa bhāsvatā sūryaḥ syandanena prasarpiṇā //

It rests on a wheel with five spokes and three naves (or triple nave.) It has eight wheels under the same circumference. They have a common axle dotted with the particles of gold. The sun moves in such a glorious chariot. It extends to a lac of yojanas. The pole (Iṣâdanda) of the chariot is double in its longitude.—38-39.

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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