Christ vs Krishna
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CHRIST <strong>vs</strong> KRISHNA - RE-READING SAKES<br />
M. M. NINAN<br />
which extends to 32 lakh miles and is full of wine. Readers know that Maditerranien<br />
Sea and the Red sea seperate Africa from Europe and they extend only a few hundred<br />
miles. They are full of brine like the Indian Ocean. The Puraniks say that Africa is four<br />
times bigger than Asia, whereas it is almost equall to latter. The Puraniks say that the<br />
Kush continent (perhaps North America) extends to 64 lakh miles and is surrounded<br />
by a sea which extends to 64 lakhs miles and is full of ghee. Similarly the Kronch<br />
continent (perhsps South America) extends to 128 lakh miles and is surrounded by<br />
sea of equall area and is full of curd. In fact no sea seperates North and South<br />
America. On one side there is the Atlantic Ocean and on the other there is the Pacific<br />
Ocean and both are full of Brine. These continents are smaller than Asia.<br />
Imaginary geographical knowledge<br />
It is surprising that the Puraniks imagined only 'rivers' of ghee and milk in India and<br />
'seas' of ghee and and milk preety far off. The Shak continent(presumablu Australia) is<br />
said to be 32 times bigger than the Jambu continent(Asia).What to talk of 32 times, it is<br />
not even one fourth. The imaginary geographical knowledge of the Puraniks does not<br />
end here. Their observations about the Jambu Continent (Asia) and India are r ateher<br />
strange. In the middle of the Jambu continent, there is a golden Meru mountain which<br />
is 84,000 'yojanas' high. It is rooted in the deep earth and its depth is 16,000 'yojanas'<br />
the width of its top is 32,000 'yojanas' and that of base is 16,000 'yojanas'. The<br />
Himalayas are situated in the middle of Asia and are covered with snow. It is fantastic<br />
to say that its height is 84,000 'yojanas' when it is actually 29,000 feet high. According<br />
to the Puraniks, it is 256,000 miles wide, whereas the width of asia from Kanyakumari<br />
to North pole is hardly 7,000 miles. The length of himalayas is not 128,000 miles, it is<br />
about 1500 miles. According to the Puraniks, the depth of Sumeru mountain inside the<br />
earth is 128,000 miles. When the diameter of the earth is hardly 8,000 miles what<br />
about the rest of the milage, which comes to 120,000 miles ? According to the Devi<br />
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