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Speed of light in Vedas – Speed of Light Was Mentioned in Rig Veda

In his commentary on the Vedas, Sayana mentions the speed of light. Sayana was a 14th century commentator on the Vedas. He lived in the Vijayanagar Empire.
Speed of light as mentioned in Rig Veda commentary (RV 1.50.4).

"[O Sun,] bow to you, you who traverse 2,202 yojanas in half a nimesha.".

"tatha ca smaryate yojananam. sahasre dve dve sate dve ca yojane ekena nimishardhena kramaman"

"तथा स्मर्यते योजनानां सहस्त्रं द्वे द्वे शते द्वे योजने एकेन निमिषार्धेन क्रममाण नमोऽस्तुते॥

Information shared by Abhishek Chandan