The mechanism of solar energy generation
Fuel that tha sun uses to produce energy according ved..
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until the year 1938 that Western scientists finally figured out the mechanism of Solar energy generation.
According to the Vayu Purāņa (2.38.141-142), udaka (and its Sanskrit synonyms vāri, vṛṣți, ambhas, arṇava and apa) is the fuel that the Sun
tasmādudakam sūryyasya tapato'ti hi kathyate
nāvṛṣṭyā tapate sūryo nāvṛṣṭyā pariviṣyate
nāvṛṣṭya paricinvanti vāriņā dīpyate raviḥ
tasmādapaḥ piban ya vai dipyate ravirambare
It is said that hydrogen (udaka) is the source of the Sun's heat. When there is a
lack of hydrogen (vṛṣṭi), the Sun will neither be hot, nor able to shine, nor able to cause evaporation of water. Sun shines in the sky because of consuming hydrogen (apaḥ) (Vāyu Purāņa 2.38.141-142).
These verses are also found in the Visņu, Brahmaṇḍa, Kurma and other
urāņas. The Sanskrit word udaka, and its synonyms, are generally translated as water, but we interpret them as hydrogen in this context because:
(1) Since the Purāņas recognized that the Sun maintains an enormous energy output for billions of years, it is clear that the