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The heavenly bodies ?
Dear Friends:
The moon, star etc. are they *heavenly bodies* ? Perhaps yes, according
to the Bible and Koran. But certainly a big NO according to Hindu
Scriptures. The issue really is, the Biblical/Koranic world view is
two-tier, consisting of earth and heaven, but the Hindu world view is
three-tier, consisting of earth (bhuh) sky (bhubah) and heaven (svah).
Therefore, it is not consistent with Hindu Scriptures to call the moon,
the stars etc, heavenly, they could be called skyly may be :-))
With best regards,
Dhruba.
