The Geography of the Puranas c7.s1.7
The Geography of the Purāṇas c7.s1.7
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The astronomical notions of the Purāṇas are not only based on, but also in many cases borrowed from the later Vedas, the Brāhmaṇas and the Sūtras. They contribute most of the ideas regarding the shape of the earth, the movement of the sun, the moon and the planets, the solstices, lunar mansions, the phases of the moon, directions and associated gods, computation of time, day and night, year and its components to all the Purāṇas which either repeat or modify them to suit the exigencies of narration.