THE RISHIS AND ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATION: THE ASHVINS AND THE ECLIPSE OF 3929 BCE
The Rig Veda is not only a spiritual text. Encoded within its metaphors, it is also a record of astronomical observations of remarkable precision. The rishis watched the sky. They knew it intimately. And what they saw, they transmitted — in the form of gods, hymns, myths — across the centuries. Two astronomical realities stand out from the text with particular clarity: the Ashvins, twin gods who…











