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Science and Technology in Ancient Indian Texts
Edited by Bal Ram Singh, Girish Nath Jha, Umesh Kumar Singh and Diwakar Mishra
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Contents: Introduction. Part I: Conceptual. 1. Scientifying the Science: The Art of Making Everything a Science/Bal Ram Singh. 2. Spirituality, Logic and Science in India: A Philosophical Perspective/R.P. Singh. Part II: Physical Sciences. 3. Vaisheshika Insights into Science/Shashiprabha Kumar. 4. Fou…rfold Description of Sound: A Vedic View/M.G. Prasad. 5. Relevance of Vedic Physics in the Contemporary Society/Sadasiva Biswal. 6. Concept of Agni in the Rigveda in the Light of the Physical Sciences/Soma Basu and R.K. Saha. 7. Mechanics in Hindu Literature/P. Priyadarshi. Part III: Mathematical Sciences. 8. Numbers and Zero in Vedic Suktas Some Applications and China Contacts/Bhu Dev Sharma. 9. An Unpublished Commentary of the Katyayana Shulbasutra/Nabanarayan Bandyopadhyay. Part IV: Chemical Sciences, Environment and Metallurgy/10. Rasashala, the Ancient Indian Pharmacy: A Study on its Construction (Arrangement of Rasashala, List of Required Apparatuses and Koshthiyantras)/Dillip Kumar Kar. 11. High Technology in Ancient Sanskrit Manuscripts/C.S.R. Prabhu. 12. Environmental Science: Vedic Perspective/Shashi Tiwari. 13. Contribution of Ancient India in Production Technology and Mechanical Engineering/Chandrabhan Prajapati. Part V: Yoga and Ayurveda. 14. Personality Traits of People Born in Different Samvatsaras and their Comparison with Modern Psychological Personality Traits: A Study/Melukote K. Sridhar. 15. The Applicative Wonders of Ayurveda: The Mother of All Life Sciences/Vaidyaratnam R. Raghavan. 16. Ayurvedic Medicines: Ancient Roots and Scientific Validation/Yamini Bhushan Tripathi. Part VI: Text and Information Encoding in Human Brain and Computer/17. Unicode Standard for Vaidika Sanskrit: Efforts and Status/Swarn Lata, Manoj Jain. 18. Sanskrit, Whole Brain Learning: And its Importance in the Super Accelerated Learning Theory (SALT)/Pandit Ramadheen Ramsamooj. Index. The volume comprises seminar presentations by experts from India and abroad involved in the study of development of the natural sciences in ancient India. It offers eighteen papers from the seminar that showcase and project the Vedic literature as a treasure trove of vast knowledge that covers various branches of learning. The papers in particular discuss the ancient developments in science and technology: logic, mechanics in Sanskrit literature, Indian mathematics and its application in the Vedas, besides production technology and mechanical engineering, environmental science and roots, applicative wonders and scientific validation of Ayurveda. They involve a deep study of the Vedic understanding and description of sound and speech as para, pashyanti, madhyama and vaikhari. They also deal with the Indian perspective on the spirit and some mahakavyas of Indian philosophy. They scrutinise various theories on matter, causation, metals, dreams and motion, according to the Vaisheshika philosophy and underline the relevance of ancient knowledge to the contemporary world, especially in relation to the Vedic physics, environmental science and Ayurveda. They reiterate in unison the scientific vision of the ancient sages who held the keen eye of a poet-artist even while bringing to light modern and advanced ideas. The papers include references to various commentaries and studies on scientific and mathematical treatises, like Katyayana's Shulbasutra and Vaimanikashastra of Bharadvaja. The book will interest Indologists, particularly concerned with the study of ancient science, technology and mathematics, as they evolved in ancient India.
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Contents: Preface/Bal Ram Singh. Introduction/Bal Ram Singh. 1. An Ostrich like Attitude is Perpetuating the "Aryan Invasion" Myth/B.B. Lal. 2. Dating the Rigveda and Indigenism/Nicholas Kazanas. 3. The Idea of the Ancient South Asian City/Piotr A. Eltsov. 4. The Dilemmas of Aryan Ecumene and Epicen…tre/Shiva Bajpai. 5. The Aryan Myth In Perspective: History, Science and Politics/N.S. Rajaram. 6. Aryans and Ancestral Angst: The Obligation of Identity Construction/Yvette C. Rosser. 7. The Mahabharata War: Its Date on the basis on Astronomical References/B.N. Narahari Achar. 8. Patterns of Y-Chromosome Diversity in The contemporary South Asiam Gene Pool/Peter A. Underhill. 9. Aryan Gene Pool in Indian Populations: Myth or Reality Genetic Evidences from the subcontinent/V.K. Kashyap, Trivedi R. and Sahoo S. Index. India's civilization has had a long existence that is documented in a huge amount and variety of literature, its scientific advancements over the centuries, its continuing cultural practices and preservation of art and music. This volume comprises papers that explore various aspects relating to the origin and ancientness of the Indian civilization.Scholars here present diverse perspectives to delve into the contentions and controversies that surround questions such as the one concerning the origin of the Aryans. The papers examine the events that gave rise to the Aryan invasion theory and debunk the theory as a myth and present evidence and arguments supporting the theory that the Rigveda was composed in its bulk in the fourth millennium BCE. An effort focuses on the problem of identifying the earliest region of the Aryan ecumene or homeland, including that of identifying its epicentre in India. Incorporating the latest research in history, archaeology, philosophy, genetics, and other disciplines, the papers explain the origin and evolution of the idea of the ancient South Asian city. Quoting from the epic literature, they attempt to derive the date of the Mahabharata War on the basis of the numerous astronomical references in the epic. They also analyze patterns of Y-chromosome diversity in the contemporary South Asian gene pool to throw light on migrations of modern humans within South-west Asia. Accompanied by maps and other illustrations, the volume will interest scholars from a range of disciplines who are keen to study the origin and evolution of Indian civilization and culture.
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Preface. Introduction/Bal Ram Singh. 1. The Case for Non-dual Science Bringing the Mystery back /Jerry Solfvin. 2. Indian Tradition, Science, and the Problem of Consciousness/Subhash Kak. 3. Vedanta and Neuroscience/Vinod D. Deshmukh. 4. The Mystery of… Time Converging Thought Currents from Vedanta, Physics, and Neurosciences/Raju Chidambaram and Shobha Chidambaram. 5. Consciousness Normalization/Ravi Jata. 6. A Proposed Model to Quantitatively Assess Consciousness: Employing Time and Temperature Relationship to Mind/Bal Ram Singh, Rishi Bal Singh and Sukalyan Sengupta. 7. Vedic Perspectives on Acoustics/M.G. Prasad. 8. Siddhanta-Darpana of Nilakantha Somayaji/K. Mahesh and K. Ramasubramanian. Index. Philosophical and cultural factors play a significant role in developing scientific theories and interpreting data. These factors are also influential in assessing science and technology. We experience a visible distinction in the philosophy and culture of the West and East, mainly due to geographical and climatic reasons. And this difference reflects in their approach to science and technology too. Modern science has many roots in Vedic and Upanishadic knowledge. For historical reasons or so, this has been deliberately disassociated even from the philosophical bases. Vedic traditions or dharma traditions address many a question that modern science addresses. These include the origin of matter and universe, origin of life, origin of species and evolution, state of consciousness and mind, among others. This book addresses topics such as the basic premise of scientific approach to examine reality; mathematical and scientific knowledge, derivation, and application of Vedic perspective; and models for current scientific issues with Vedic perspective, and thus covers ideas of matter and universe, consciousness and mind, and fundamental questions of defining and applying science and scientific approaches. It also deliberates on more attractive aspects of Vedic knowledge such as Ayurveda and yoga, which are fast finding base across the globe. The volume is an effort to lay down some of the fundamental principles of Vedic traditions and practices for improving the efficacy of modern science. As ancient Indian texts contain many advanced technologies and scientific developments, it is for one's surprise that what technologies were in use and what scientific developments are relevant in our time. (jacket).
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Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Contents: 1. Intentionality and reflexivity of consciousness: Advaita perspective/Adarasupally Nataraju and Munmun Chakraborty. 2. Liberation, immortality and life after death: a comparative analysis of Vedanta and Islamic philosophy/Afzal Ahmad. 3. The theory of causation in Advaitavad/Ar…up Jyoti Sarma. 4. The metaphysics of the beyond/K. Srinivas. 5. Concept of time, space and mind in yogavasishtha/Mamta Tripathi. 6. The Advaita concept of content less cognition: some problems/Raghunath Ghosh. 7. Vritti (psychosis) in Advaita Vedanta/Shankarji Jha. 8. Maya as Mulavidya in Kevaladvaita of Shankara and as an ontological reality in the Bhakti vedanta school of Swaminarayana/Smit Gadhia. 9. Reality as Ananda : An Upanishadic exposition/Surjya Kamal Borah. 10. Advaita Vedanta ki Vyapakata/Somanath Nene. 11- Drishtisrishtivadah/Viveka Karmakar. 12. The return of the missing creative couple/Jeffrey Armstrong (Kavindra Rishi). 13. Call for Shuddhi : Vedantic model of purification/Bhuwan Kumar Jha. 14. Vajrasuchikopanishadi Brahmanatvanirdharanamukhena Pratipaditam Brahmatattvam/Arnava Ghoshal. 15. Influence of Advaita Vedanta on Sanskrit rasa theory/Arijit Gupta. 16. Agricultural science in Sanskrit literature with special reference to Krishiparashara/Daya Shankar Tiwary. 17. Jambudvipa: scientific interpretation of Sanatana Dharma/Ravi Jatavallabhula. 18. Physical Sciences in the Rigvedic Maruts : generators of speech and force incarnate/Soma Basu. 19. Vedantic view of Kalidasa and deep ecology : with references to Abhijnanashakuntalam/Baldev Ram Khandoliyan. 20. Shrimadbhagavadmahapuranasya Vaidikopajivyam Puranavaishishtayancha/Harish Chandra Kukareti. 21. Jyotishayurvedashastrayoh Angangibhavah/Suman K.S. 22. Sanatsujatiyam/T.S. Haragopal. 23. Consciousness under the phenomenological microscope : Shankara's position/Alok Kumar. 24. Dasabodh : a classic spiritual text that underlines the importance of Vedas and Vedanta/Prashant Balkrishna Kulkarni. 25. Brihadaranyakopanishadi Svapnatattvam/Palash Ghosh. 26. Understanding Vedanta applying phonosemantics/Pramod Kumar Agrawal. 27. Indic non-dual traditions and monotheism contrasted : necessity for dialogue between Dharmic traditions/Laul Jadusingh. 28. Interfaith dialogue between Vedanta and Christianity on the concept of liberation/Gaichuimeilu Palmei. 29. The notion of harmony : Vedanta perspective/R.P. Singh. 30. Advaita vedanta in socio-political practices of Mahatma Gandhi/Ved Mitra Shukla. 31. Everpresent state : a scientific solution to our individual peace and global peace/Shashidhara Gangaiah. Index. Ancient Indian thought system, well known for its relentless argumentation on varied contentious issues, paved the way for maturing deep philosophical thoughts, and scientific and technological inventions. This volume Vedanta Anvikshiki, Science and Philosophy in Contemporary Perspective, which resonates the current expectations from Vedanta in a fast-changing world, is the proceedings of the 21st edition of International Congress of Vedanta organized by the Center of Indic Studies, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth during 11-13 July 2013. The volume presents thirty-one research papers from reputed scholars on wide-ranging topics like metaphysics, knowledge and hermeneutics, science and technology in ancient texts, interpretation of key texts, digital libraries, yoga and ayurveda, spirituality and science, interfaith dialogue, Indian cosmology and psychology, Vedantic pedagogy, history, culture, social systems, corporate world, governance, music and consciousness studies. These papers present vast treasures of India's knowledge systems and offer potential for multidisciplinary research. It would be of immense value to the students and scholars of Vedanta, and would stimulate them for more discussions and debates on Vedantic traditions and their contemporary relevance.
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Contents: Preface. Introduction. I. Global peace and harmony. II. Vedanta. III. Health and Ayurveda. IV. Dialogue. V. Education. VI. Epics. VII. History. VIII. Science. IX. Dharma Yoga and Vrata. X. Socio-economic and political. Index. The collection of sc…holarly articles presented in the volume explores various aspects of Vedic traditions, especially relating to global harmony and peace, in the present-day context. The Proceedings of the Sixth World Association for Vedic Studies (WAVES) Conference emphasise Vedic traditions as not confined to the Indian subcontinent today but as having spread to different parts of the globe. They deal with the essence of Vedanta, the contribution of the epic literature, history relating to the Rgvedic Aryans, Vedic sciences, and socio-economic and political aspects of Vedic life. Offering fresh ideas, they highlight the significance of the Vedic system for ensuring global peace and harmony, and satisfaction in the present. They study the concept of harmony and peace, and emphasise on the co-existence in the Upanishads, the Hindu concept of universalism, the importance of the Ayurveda and the Bhagavad-Gita in maintaining mental health, and on the global unity and syncretism in the education provided in ancient India. Attempts are made to cull out management ideas from the Mahabharata, and throw light on the relevance of the Arthashastra in modern-day geo-politics and the special relevance of Sanatana Dharma in the modern world. In the process, the scholars reveal the fictional aspects that have been linked to the Indian traditions and the related social evils. The volume will interest a range of scholars of Indology and general readers as it explores the ancient Indian tradition, especially the Vedic tradition, in a comprehensive manner. (jacket).
Modern Perspectives on Vedanta: Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Vedanta December 28-31 2011 JNU New Delhi
edited by Girish Nath Jha, Bal Ram Singh, R.P. Singh and Diwakar Mishra
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Contents: Preface. Introduction. Part I. Keynote Addresses: 1.Scientific Analysis of Vedantic Dharma of Matter and Consciousness/Bal Ram Singh. 2. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's Insight into Vedanta, the Ultimate Knowledge of Life, and Its Application to Bring Wo…rld Peace From Philosophy to Science/Lothar Pirc, Girish Momaya and Susan Brown. 3. Spiritual Reconstruction in Philosophy: The Vedantic Way/K. Ramakrishna Rao. 4. How Much Adhikara Does a Commentator Have to Interpret a Shastra Text/T.S. Rukmani. 5. The Super Accelerated Learning Theory (SALT) Model of Education/Pandit Ramadheen Ramsamooj. 6. Philosophical Issues in Indian Identity and Current Version of History/Subramanian Swamy. Abstracts: (a) Sanskrit Studies in India : Need for Preservation and Steps/Aravinda Rao. (b) Interpreting Vedanta in the 21st Century: Issues and Solutions/Rajeshwari V. Pandharipande. (c) Debating Patanjali's Notion of Freedom A Dialogue with Daya Krishna/Daniel Raveh. (d) How Ancient India Sliced Air Variously/Ashok Aklujkar. Part II: Articles: 1. Learning Methodologies : Vedantic pedagogy/R. Suresha. 2. Pedagogy of Vedanta: The Education of Body, Mind and Spirit/Mohammad Shaheer Siddiqui. 3. Putting the Super Accelerated Learning Theory (SALT) Into Classroom Practice/Maureen P. Hall. Vedanta has retained its fundamental ideas as enshrined in the Upanishads over the centuries. But it is still extremely relevant in addressing the contemporary problems of globalised and liberalised societies. It is in this context that the Vedanta Congress has met at regular intervals to debate and discuss challenges faced by contemporary societies. This volume presents a compilation of papers presented at the Twentieth International Congress of Vedanta, held at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. The papers cover a variety of topics in English, Hindi and Sanskrit: philosophy of the origin of the universe, the behaviour of matter, social structures, political systems, role of language, yoga and meditation, among others. The insightful papers discuss the Advaita concept of testimonial perception, the concept of maya, the notion of time and space in the cosmology of the Samkhya system of philosophy and the Vedantic perspective on the spiritual quest and science. They deal with the nature and theory of origin of varna in the Bhagavad-Gita, Vedantic perception of organisational behaviour, importance of Vedanta in the corporate world, and value systems in governance with reference to Indian dharmic perspectives. These papers also highlight the essence of Vedanta as it applies to modern philosophy, science and business and the influence it exerts on culture, language and lives of people in India and the world. The volume will prove valuable to scholars and students of Indology, religion and philosophy, particularly researchers of Vedanta and its relevance to modern times. (jackets).
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