Bharatiya Jyotihshastra (History of Indian Astronomy), translated by R. V. Vaidya v1.c6.s3.2

v1.c6.s3.2

Let us consider what subjects relating to astronomy are found in the Vedas and in what manner they have been treated. It need not be explained that the Vedas are not essentially a literature solely devoted to astronomy, and it is, therefore, obvious that no astronomical information would have deliberately been presented through them. Hence, all that one can do is to draw certain general inferences from the astronomical ideas occurring incidentally among other things, and where such inferences cannot be drawn in the absence of sufficient material of a consistent nature, to make a bare statement of stray ideas that may have been elicited.