Matsyapurana 125.39

125.39

śatayojanasāhasro vistārāyāma ucyate
dviguṇā ca rathopasthād īṣādaṇḍaḥ pramāṇataḥ //

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.