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    "abstract": "This paper shows that characteristic features of Puranic cosmology, such as\nalternating cosmic continents and oceans of successively doubling areas, can be\ntraced to Vedic texts. The Rigveda speaks of seven regions of the universe, and\nYajnavalkya, in Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, presents a cosmology that has all the\nessential features of the Puranic system. This discovery solves the old puzzle\nof the origin of Puranic astronomy.",
    "arxiv_id": "physics/0101012",
    "authors": [
      "Subhash Kak"
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      "physics.hist-ph",
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    "journal_ref": "Adyar Library Bulletin, vol 65, pp. 145-156, 2001",
    "title": "Yajnavalkya and the Origins of Puranic Cosmology",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0101012"
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