Geocentric and Heliocentric models of the Solar system

[Guest guest]

Dear friends,

 

The ancient seers of India knew that the earth revolved round the Sun. This is

the Heliocentric model. But to the human observation the Sun and the planets

appear to be moving round the earth. This is the geocentric model

 

The geocentric model in the Vedic literature is mainly for the purpose of

calendar and astrology. In this model the earth is at the centre and all the

nine grahas including the Sun (a star), five planets of the Solar system, the

Moon (a satelite of the earth) and the two nodes of the Moon revolve round the

earth.

 

The Heliocentric model of the Solar system, where the earth revolves round the

Sun, was also  given in the Vedic literature, such as in Aitareya Brahmana

(2.7), Vishnu purana (2.8) and Satapatha Brahmana (8.7.3.10).  Further the

Chapter " Heliocentric " in the Rig " in the book " The celestial Key to the Vedas "

by Burra Gautam Siddharth discusses the Heliocentric theory in the Rig Veda..

 

Regards,

 

Sunil K. Bhattacharjya

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest Paarvi]

Where in the vedas is it mentioned about the geocentric model? The vedas also talk about the heliocentric model. 

 

Rigveda 10.149.1 
savitÁ  yantraíH  pRthivÍm  aramNAd  askambhané  savitÁ  dyÁm  adRMhat
áshvam  ivAdhukSad  dhúnim  antárikSam  atÚrte  baddháM  savitÁ  samudrám 

“The sun has tied Earth and other planets through attraction and moves them around itself as if a trainer moves newly trained horses around itself holding their reins.”