नवयोजनसाहस्रं मण्डलं सवितुः स्मृतम् । द्विगुणं सूर्यविस्तारान्मण्डलं शशिनः स्मृतम्
navayojanasāhasraṃ maṇḍalaṃ savituḥ smṛtam | dviguṇaṃ sūryavistārānmaṇḍalaṃ śaśinaḥ smṛtam
On dit que le disque solaire (maṇḍala) mesure neuf mille yojanas. On dit que le disque lunaire mesure le double de l’étendue ou du diamètre du Soleil.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Scene: Two radiant discs suspended in a dark-blue cosmic field: the Sun as a blazing golden maṇḍala; the Moon as a cool silver disc shown as twice the Sun’s extent; subtle yojana-measure inscriptions on a sage’s palm-leaf diagram.
Measuring the heavens is presented as sacred knowledge, inspiring awe and humility before cosmic order.
None; it is a cosmological measurement.
None.