‘We have forgotten the vast repository of knowledge that existed in Vedic times,’ he continued. ‘For example, children in school are taught that the sun is ninety-three million miles from the earth and that the speed of light is a hundred and eighty-six thousand miles per second. Would it surprise you to note that Sayana, a fourteenth-century Indian scholar, in his commentary on a hymn in the Rig Veda says, “with deep respect, I bow to the sun who travels 2,202 yojanas in half a nimesha”. For your information, a yojana is about nine American miles and a nimesha is 16/75th of a second. Do the
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