The Arctic Home in the Vedas c7.12

c7.12

The idea that the day and the night of the Gods are each of six months' duration is so widespread in he Indian literature, that we must examine it here at some length, and, for that purpose, commence with the Post-Vedic literature and trace it back to the most ancient books. It is found not only in the Purâṇas, but also in astronomical works, and as the latter state it in more definite form we shall begin with the later Siddhântas. Mount Meru is the terrestrial North Pole of our astronomers, and the Sûrya-Siddhânta, XII, 67, says :—