What does Hinduism say about the shape of the Earth?
Have you read the story of Dashavtar?If you have read then you wouldn’t have got this question.Let me tell you the story of the Varaha avatar Lord Vishnu.Hiranyaksha, son of Diti and Kashyapa, gets a boon from Lord Brahma that he cannot be killed by a list of species and creatures and humans and devatas. But he forgets to mention Varaha, a boar. After getting the boon, he conquers all the three worlds and threatenes the Devtas who run to Lord Vishnu for help. In the meanwhile Hiranyaksha boasts in front of Narada muni, that he the most powerful one in the whole universe. But Narada Muni says that you are not powerful one untill you defeat Lord Vishnu. So, the daitya asks for the secret of enraging Lord Vishnu so that he comes for a batte with him. Narada muni insists on kidnapping Bhudevi (earth) since she is his wife.Hiranyaksha takes the advice (or rather a plan of Devtas and Narada muni) and kidnaps Bhudevi and hides her in Ksheer sagara. The enraged Lord takes form of a wild Boar, the Varaha and kills the daitya. Then, the Bhudevi is brought out of the Ksheer sagar by the Varaha carrying her as in the pictureAnother instance is that the subject of Geography is called Bhugolashastra, Bhu meaning earth and Gola meaning round. Space science is called Khagolashastra. Khagola meaning science of the round planet earth.So I hope your doubt is cleared.:)Edit:-More proofs for round shape of the earth:Aryabhattiam: Bhūgolah sarvato vrtah - earth is round from all sidesRigveda: Cakrānāshah parīnaham prthivyā - people who reside on the surface of Earth's circumferenceSource: Eternally Talented India-108 facts (book by Ramakrishna Math)Ps:- Sorry for the low resolution of the pic. Source is Google.
Thanksgiving Songs/Activities - Kindergarten?
I am looking for some ideas for Thanksgiving activities for my K class. I think that I am going to have them make indian headbands and use patterns and have various shapes. I also am going to have them make indian drums (cover coffee tins with construction paper). I really am looking for some songs that we would be able to somehow fit a drum-like rhythm to..HELP! Thanks!!
What’s the easiest way to smoke meth once your glass pipe breaks?
you can get a normal light bulb , use a hammer and hit the black middle peace until it caves into the bulb but be careful not to use too much force or the bulb will break. Once its caved in, use twissers and pull out all of the insides. After that pour salt in the bulb and shake it really good and it will remove all of the white color coating then get a straw to hit it with and your good to go. Another way that i dont really like bcuz of the taste is what they call a foil boat. You grab half a sheet of aluminum foil and fold it a couple of times till u have a small little V shape piece, then you put meth on one side and burn it but tilt it so the meth will melt go down hill and just burn and smoke it with a straw. another way is using wine glasses or thin glass cups with a straw. Hope this helps, take a hit for me, And Greetings from Dallas, Texas!
If the earth is rotating at a high speed and we jump up, why doesn't the earth move below us at high speed?
Since other answers have correctly mentioned the atmosphere and such, let's take it out of the equation for the sake of argument and see what happens.In terms of the difference in the helicopter's path vs. the ground, let's look at what happens during one whole day as the Earth rotates. Assuming the helicopter can perform an ideal, vertical-acceleration-only hover, then the surface of the Earth and the helicopter have the same tangential speed as the Earth turns, due to conservation of momentum. But, since the helicopter is now a few feet (~1 meter) above the ground, the path the helicopter takes to go around the Earth during one day is now slightly longer as compared to the surface itself. The added circumference of that trip all the way around the Earth for the helicopter turns out be just 2 times Pi times the height above the ground. It takes the Earth just under 24 hours to rotate once on its axis, so the helicopter would have to move at an additional horizontal speed of maybe 18 feet (~5.5 meters) per 24 hours, or something like 0.00014 miles per hour (~0.00022 km/h) to stay directly over the same spot on the ground. This is such a negligible difference in horizontal speed that you don't notice it in any practical system.A real helicopter would deviate horizontally by a speed that is orders of magnitude more than that when it takes off anyway. And, of course, helicopters fly in the atmosphere, which is coupled to the ground. It's also fair to say that wind speed dominates any effects from conservation of momentum, as it's orders of magnitude larger, even at high altitudes. So, real aircraft worry about the difference in wind speed and direction vs. the ground, rather than orbital mechanics.
What is the rotation of the earth? Is it clockwise or anti-clockwise?
When viewed looking down on the north pole from above, the Earth rotates anticlockwise. This is the definition of a north pole; when viewed from above the south pole, it rotates clockwise. These definitions ensure that the sun always rises in the east & sets in the west, no matter what planet you are on. Naturally, it has nothing to do with any magnetic field. Direction of rotation is viewer-dependent; a flat spinning disk rotates clockwise or anticlockwise according to which side one is observing.