Did the Buddha know the Earth is round?

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On omniscience and prophecy

The claim to be ominiscient in a strong sense is made by a number of teachers in the EBTs, and the Buddha typically dismisses such claims as both foolish and irrelevant: what matters is knowledge that leads to the ending of suffering. One such text is MN 90, where King Pasenadi reports of a rumor that has been circulating in the royal court, and asks the Buddha if it is true. Here’s the text, with Ven Bodhi’s translation: natthi so samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā yo sabbaññū sabbadassāvī aparisesaṃ ñāṇ…