Speed of Light by Sayanacharya ( 1400 A.D.) in his statement on Rigved

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	Information from books by Dr. P. V. Vartak , Pune, INDIA Also Read Test Tube Babies in Ancient INDIA Achievements of the Ancients Sage Agasti's Electric cell and electroplating The Fall of Star Vega ( Abhijit Nakshtra) Speed of light by Sayanacharya ( 1400 A. D. ) South America's (Peru) Mention in Ramayan Vedic Time line from year 23700 B.C. In a statement on rigveda given by Sayanacharya at (Vijayanagara empire, 14 th Century AD), he says *tatha ca smaryate yojananam sahasre dve dve sate dve ca yojane ekena nimisardhena kramamana* तथा च स्मर्यते-योजनाना सहस्ट्रे द्वे-द्वे शते द्वे च योजने \| एकेनं निमशारधेन क्रम मान नामोस्तुटे Means... *Thus it is remembered: [O Sun] you who traverse 2,202 yojanas in half a nimesa.* Here yojana is about 9 miles as in the Arthasaastra (and Mahabharat Adiparva). The measures of time are thus defined in the Puranas: 1 Day-Night = 30 Muhurta = 24 Hours 1 Muhurta = 30 Kala = 24/30 Hours 1 Kala = 30 Kastha = 24/900 hours = 1.6 minute 1 Kastha = 15 Nimesha = (1.6/15) min = 3.2 seconds 1 Nimesh = 3.2/15 = 0.21333... second A Nimesh is therefore equal to 16/75 seconds. (0.21333) If you calculate the value is, *(22029 miles)**/((16/75)/2 sec) = 185793.75 miles/sec Which is nothing but speed of light (Scientific value is 187372 miles) At that time the only known source of light was sun. So the credit was given to SUN. This information is highlighted by Prof. Subhash Kak, Delaune Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Professor of Asian Studies and Cognitive Science at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. and is also in book Vastav Ramayan by Dr. P. V. Vartak.			Home Resume Poems Photos Inventions Collection Web design Water Colour Contact