The vedic science has always regarded earth as being spherical. It has been denoted as a globe and Lord Varaha (an avatar of Lord Vishnu) is shown to hold the globe on his head in many sculptures and paintings. I came upon the following text while reading the book ``Foundations of Vedantic Physics`` by D.N.Srivastava.
from the Yajur Veda the following text attests to the fact that Earth was considered to be spherical and to the fact that the Vedic people believed in the heliocentric theory.
`This spherical mother earth, with all the villages and things rigidly fixed on it, goes systematically around the fatherly sun in the space.`
They also knew about the Earth`s power of attraction; the following text by Bhaskaracharya proves this.`
`The Earth has power of attraction, and by the power any thing which has weight is drawn towards it, and the thing is seen to fall. But if the earth itself is surrounded by uniform space on all sides, then where can it fall.``
The vedas also support the Big Bang Theory and supports the fact that our universe is expanding. The universe expanded from a point called Vishnu nabhi and will withdraw into the point when it contracts. The vedic scriptures also talk about multiple universe.
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