Scientific Errors in Hindu Scriptures

A brief selection of a few points from the
Scientific Errors in Hindu Scriptures!

Many more points can be presented but I guess these few points will be enough to prove my point.

Hindus either have to prove these things presented in their sacred scriptures or accept that their sacred scriptures have severe scientific errors. Vedas, claimed by Hindus to be the most sacred scripture, allege that: Sun moves around the earth on a golden chariot with his 7 horses. Vedas also allege that The Bull has supported the sky. For more continue reading below.

1. Vedas say Earth is static!
According to Vedas, the earth is static and this statement is repeated
several times. The following are some of the examples:

Oh Man ! He who made the trembling earth static is Indra. (Rig Ved
2/12/12)

The God who made the earth stable (Yajur Ved 32/6)

Indra protects the wide earth which is immovable and has many forms (Atarv Ved 12/1/11)

Let us walk on the Wide and Static earth (Atharv Ved 12/1/17)



2. Vedas say Sun moves around the earth on a golden
chariot with his 7 horses :

As the Veds Claim that the earth is static and so they tried to prove that the
sun moves around the earth. The following statement from the rig Ved tries
to clarify it:

1. "Sun is full of light and knows all the human beings, so his horses take
him to sky to look at the world" (Rig Ved 1/50/1)

2. "O, Bright sun, a chariot named harit with seven horses takes you to sky"
(Rig Ved 1/50/8)

3. "O, man, the sun who is most attractive, takes round of the earth, on his
golden chariot through the sky and removes the darkness of the earth"
(Yajur Ved 33/43)



3. Vedas say The Bull has supported the Sky :

“The sky is supported by pillars.” Yajur Ved: 4: 30

“The Bull has supported the sky.” Yajur Ved: 14:5



4. Puranas say Earth is Flat
NARASINGA PURANA - Page 169 - Abithana Sinthamani - says that the earth is flat. Today it has been proved beyond doubt by the scientists that the earth is round.

5. Vishnu Purana - another astrological error
VISHNU PURANA says that sun is 800,000 miles and moon is 2,200,000 miles away from the earth respectively. Astronomy has now proved that the moon is nearer to the earth, i.e. 240,000 miles and that the sun is 93,000,000 miles away from the earth. 3

6. Markandeya Purana - gives completely wrong area
of the earth :
MARKANDEYA PURANA says that the earth has an area of 4,000,000,000 square miles. According to astronomy, it is only 190,700,000 square miles.

7. Vedas / Puranas recommend looking directly into
the sun with naked eye :
The Vedas and Puranas say that all Hindus must pray to the sun god SURYA, and that if you look at the sun daily every morning with your naked eyes, your sight will improve. Accordingly many Hindus practise this act of worship; but instead of their eyesight improving, India is the country that has the most blind people in the world (2.5 million blind people and 9 million with corneal blindness). There is no scientific truth in sun worship, and on the contrary the scientist and doctors advise everyone not to look at the sun directly with the naked eye. Who is telling us the truth, the Scientists or the Hindu scriptures? You be the judge!

8. Vedas say cow is holy and should be worshipped.
(Brahmins add that cow dung ash has medicinal
value) :
The Vedas say that the cow is holy and should be worshipped. These Brahmins also claim that cow dung ash has medicinal value. Samples sent to a leading test laboratory in West Germany have proved this to be untrue.

9. Mt. Meru 100,000 times higher than Mt. Everest
according to the Hindu Scriptures :
Arya texts of a comparatively late period ( 5 century AD ) still maintain a belief in the fictional Vedic Mt. Meru. It is supposed to be one hundred thousand times higher than Mt. Everest! Regarding this mountain, the Matsya Purana says, "It [Mt Meru] is golden and shining like fire. The colour of the eastern side is white like the colour of Brahmans, that of the northern side is red like the that of Kshatriyas, the southern is yellow like that of Vaishyas, the western is black like the colour of Sudras. It is 86000 yojana high, and 16000 of these lie in the earth. Each of the 4 sids has 34000 yojanas ... There are beautiful golden houses inhabited by spiritual beings, the Devas, by the singers the Gandharvas and their harlots the Apsaras. Also Asuas, Daityas and Rakshasas are living in it. " -- [ Matsya Pur. quoted in al-B. i.247 ]

In general, 1 yojana = 8 miles = 32000 yards and 1 kroh = 1/2 yojana [ al-B i.167 ]. Thus Mt. Meru would be 8x86,000 = 704,000 miles high. Mt. Everest, by comparison, is only 29,000 ft., or less than 6 miles, high. Hence Mt. Meru is 100,000 times higher than Mt. Everest !

The Kurma Purana has this to say on this topic,
" Earth, composed of seven continents, together with the oceans extends 500,000,000 yojanas across. Holy Jambudvipa lies in the middle of all the continents; in its center is said to be lofty Mt. Meru, bright as gold. Its height is 84,000 yojanas, and it extends 16,000 yojanas below the earth; its width at the top is 32,000 yojanas, and its diameter at the base is 16,000 yojanas." -- [ Kurma Purana, quoted in Classical, p. 52 ]

The impossibly high Mt. Meru is held to be the source of really existing rivers in India such as the Sita.

[ Al-Beruni ] = `Albleruni's India', tr. Sachau
[ Classical ] = `Classical Hindu Mythology : A Reader in the Sanskrit
Puranas', ed. & trans. Cornelia Dimmitt and J.A.B. Buitenen.