Astronomy During the Vedic Period-3 In continuation of the history of Hindu astronomy (do read earlier blogs on the subject). Some mentions of astronomical aspects during the pre-Siddhantic/Vedic period are enumerated. But why were astronomical references found in the Vedas? The importance of astronomy is stated in Yajurved Vedang Jyotish-3 वेद: हि यज्ञार्थं अभिप्रवृत्तः कलानुपूर्व्य विहिता च यज्ञः! तसमद इदं कलाविधानशास्त्रम् यो ज्योतिषं वेद स वेद यज्ञं " The Vedas have indeed been revealed for the sake of performances of sacrifices. These sacrifices are dependent on the (various segments of)time. Only he who knows Jyotisha(time calculation)understands the performance of sacrifices" Interpretation of Vedic texts Ve...
The cosmos has a lot of hidden facts, and we are not aware of them. Humans have been learning from the heavens and updating their lives since ancient times. In doing so, we have forgotten the efforts of the previous generation who had opened the cosmos to us. Some facts we knew, but had no proof of, as we unfold and update, the facts confirm their findings. My effort is to bring out these fundamentals as given in ancient Hindu texts