[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v1.c3.s18.373 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.373 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.373 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s18.373](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.373) The shape of the earth is compared with a wheel in the Rigveda,¹⁶ and is expressly called 'circular' (\*pari-maṇḍala\*) in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa.¹⁷ When earth is conjoined with heaven, the two are conceived as great bowls (\*camvā\*) turned towards each other.¹⁸ In the Aitareya Āraṇyaka¹⁹ the two are regarded as halves of an egg. The distance of heaven from the earth is given by the Atharvaveda²⁰ as a thousand days' journey for the sun-bird, by the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa²¹ as a thousand days' journey for a horse, while the Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa²² whimsically estimates the distance as equivalent to a thousand cows standing one on the top of the other. - [Previous: v1.c3.s18.372](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.372) - [Next: v1.c3.s18.374](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.374) - [Up: v1.c3.s18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18) ## Linked texts (6) - [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.pancavimsa) — Sanskrit - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya) — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit - [Aitareyāraṇyaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.aitareya) — Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.373](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.373) · Pramāṇa