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On the East side of Meru in the Manasottara is the seat of
Indra named Devadhanf.
On the South side is the seat of Yama named Sanyamanf.
On the West is the seat of Varuna named Nimlochani;
On the North is the seat of the Moon named Vibhavarl.
Sunrise, midday, Sunset and night on those seats cause action
and inaction in beings, according to the time with reference to the side
of Meru.
(For those that live to the south of Meru, their east ??c. com-
mence from the abode of Indra, of those that live to the west from
the abode of Yama, of the northern people, from the abode of
Varuna, of the eastern people from the abode of the Moon. Sii-
dhara^)
Those that live on the Meru have the Sun always over their
heads.
The Sun's chariot makes one round along Manasottara in
one year. The wheel or chakra of the chariot is therefore called
Sanvatsara.
The 12 months are the 12 spokes of that wheel. The six sea-
sons form 6 arcs.
The pole of that chariot extends to the top of Meru. The
other end of the pole is on the Manasottara. (It is either to be
thought that the wheel is placed more than 50,000 Yojanas over the
Manasottara in the regions of air or the wheel is to be considered as
high as that distance, otherwise the Manasottara being 10,000 Yoja-
nas high and Meru being 84 Yojanas high, 16 thousand being under
ground, there will be a difference of planes in the Sun's revolution.
Sridhara^)
There is another movement of the Sun round Dhruva. The
radius of that revolution is one fourth the distance between Meru
and Manasottara*'.*. (i.e. ^ X 15,750,000 = 3,937,500).
The movement round Dhruva is caused by the action of air.
The seat within the chariot is 36 laksha of Yojanas wide. The
yoke is also of the same measure. The seven horses are the seven Vedic
metres (Gayatri, Ushnik, Anustup, Vrihatf, Pankti, Tristup and Ja-
gati). They are driven by Aruna.
The thumb sized Balikhilya Rishis stand in front of the cha-
riot and chant hymns in honor of Aditya.
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