Science in Vedas

Science
&
Spirituality
Presented by
- H.G. Savyasachi Das
Science
in
Vedas
His divine grace
A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami praphupada
Founder Acharya of
International Society for Krishna Consciousness
(ISKCON)
100-150 Years Back!
 "Vedas were worse than savage" and "India must
be conquered again by education... it's religion is
doomed“
(Max Muller, 1823, the most well known
early sanskritist and indologist)
 [Vyasadeva], a mythical seer of primitive times is

named as author
(Moriz Winternitz, 1863
eminent Austrian Orientalist)
 "Indian in blood and color, but English in taste, in

opinion, in morals, and in intellect.“
(Thomas Macaulay, 1800, British poet, historian
and politician, hired by East India Company)
14 Branches of Knowledge
1. शिक्षा 1.Ayurveda
2. व्याकरण 2.Arthasastra
3. शिरुक्त 3.Dhanurveda
4. छं द 4.Ghandarva
5. ज्योशिष
Veda
6. कल्प
7. न्याय
8. मीमांस
9. सूत्र
10. पुराण
SULBA SUTRA
Pythagoras, 570 BC Baudhayan Rishi, 800 BC

dīrghasyākṣaṇayā rajjuH pārśvamānī, tiryaDaM
mānī, cha yatpṛthagbhUte kurutastadubhayāṅ
karoti.
The diagonal of a rectangle produces by itself

both (the areas) produced separately by its two
YAJUR VEDA sides (Sulba Sutra 3.11)
“the units of measurement used in Vedas easily lead to the
accuracy of the diagonal "roughly one-thousandth of the
thickness of a sesame seed.”
(John F. Price, School of Mathematics,
University of New South Wales, Australia)
 Like Rig veda 10. 130. 3: Prama, Paridhi, Pratima.

 Yajur Veda 7th Mandala : Series of odd numbers.
 Taittriya samhita Yajur Veda 7.2.11-20: Powers of tens and Zero
 Atharva Veda samihta (6.25.1-3): Decimals systems
 Sathapath Brahmana (2.3.4. 19-20): Multiplications
 RiG veda 10th Mandala. Verse 90: Fractions
 Taitariya samhita Yajur veda 5.2.7 and 10: Infinity
 Manava Sulba sutra 1.27 : Value of Pi
Geometry must have been known in
India long before the writing of Surya
Sidhanta (2000B.C).... ... Surya Sidhanta
contains a rational system of
trigonometry…
Prof A.R.Wallace,
British Naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist
nasato vidyate bhavo/ nabhavo vidyate satah
ubhayor api drisho 'ntas/ tv anayos tattva-darshibhih RIG VEDIYA
Those who are seers of the truth have concluded that of the
nonexistent there is no perseverance and of the eternal BRAHMA
there is no change. This they have concluded by studying TARKA!
the nature of both.
(Bhagavad-Gita 2.16)
"Vedic Cosmology is the only one in which

Jyotish Siddhanta
the time scales correspond to those of
modern scientific cosmology."
(Carl Sagan, Astronomer and Physicists)
“[Vedic] a Cosmogony is which no

European conception has ever
surpassed."
(Nobel laureate Count Maurice Maeterlinck)
You hail from India… Yet you have not cared to
learn sanskrit. Come along and see my library
which treasures classics from sanskrit, the Gita,
and other treasures on Hindu Philosophy.They
are the main sources of my inspiration and
guidelines for purpose of scientific investigations
and formulation of theories.
Albert Einstein, from reputed magazine Science Today
Mathematical science was so perfect and

astronomical observation so complete that the
paths of the sun and the moon were accurately
measured.
General A. Cunningham, British Archaelogists and Army General
• Yajnavalkhya smruthi 78 :
Purification of metals
• Rasratna Samucchaya: Preparation of alloys of Bronze, Brass, Bell
Metal and ores of Lead
• Rasarnavanam (4.52): Extraction of Gold, and sublimation and
distillation processes
• Sarangdahara Samihta: Pharmaceutical Formulas
Hiranayam ca me sisam Ca
me tripura ca me Shyamam
I want Gold, silver, copper,
Lead, Tin, and Iron
(From Krishna Yajur
Veda 4/7/5)
Modern Vedic Chemistry
Extraction Maran
Purification by
Distillation and Sodhan
Fractionation
Alloy Bhandha
Bhela Samhita 20.3: Blood Circul
Shurshruta 16.27,28: Plastic S
Shushruta Samhita13,14,15 ch:
Charak Samhita: Allopathy (Vyadhi
Charak Samhita: Genetic dispositi
Modern Surgical Instruments Shushruta Surgical Insturment

Modern AyurVeda
Allopathy Hetu Viprita

Kari Vidya
Homeopathy Vyadhi Viprita
Kari Vidya
Naturopathy Ritu Charya and
Panchkarma
Alternative Ras Tantra
Medicines Samucchaya
Modern Vedic
Medicine Kaya Chikitsa
Surgery Shalya Chikitsa
ENT Shalakayam
Padeatrics Kumar Bhrityam
Psychiatry Bhuta Vidya
OBG Prasuti Vidya
Forensic Visharga Virodha
Chikitsa
Geatrics Vajikaranam
Modern Vedic
Epistemology Nyaya
Ontology Sankhya
Logic Tarka
Ethics and
Morality Dharma Shastra
Aesthetics Rasa Shastra

Taittreya Upanishad 2.5 Yaujr Veda
Screen clipping taken: 5/12/2013, 4:04 AM
Nirukta: Vedic Dictionary

Modern Vedic
Rhetorics Alankar
Syntax and
Diction Karaka
Words Origin
Dhatukosa
and Lexicon
saàjïä ca paribhäñä ca / vidhir niyama eva ca
atideço ’dhikäraç ca / ñaò-vidhaà sütra-lakñaëam
“The six kinds of sütras are saàjïä, paribhäñä, vidhi, niyama, atideça, and adhikära.”
saàjïä ca paribhäñä ca / vidhir niyama

eva ca atideço ’dhikäraç ca / ñaò-
vidhaà sütra-lakñaëam
“The six kinds of sütras are saàjïä,
paribhäñä, vidhi, niyama, atideça, and
adhikära.”
“He has always acknowledged his debt to

Pāṇini for his modern notion of an explicit
generative grammar”
(Wikipedia, 11 may, 2013)
Modern Sanskrit (Panini)
Computers
(Computer Language)
Production Rules, Adesha and

substitutions
Samyag sutra
Start Symbol Paribhasha Sutra
Empty Strings Lopa
Voice Recognition: Siksa
(Phonological theory)
VASTU SHASTRA AND SHILPI SHASTRA
“Power over People” vs “Power over Mind”

Modern Vedic
Civil and
Criminal Achar
LAW
Ethics Vyavahar
Punishments Prayaschita

Western Indian
NOTES and
PITCH Sur
Arpeggio Aroha and
Avaroha
SCALES Raga
TEMPO Laya
BEAT Tala
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“The literature of India makes us acquainted with a great

nation of past ages, which grasped every branch of
knowledge, and which will always occupy a distinguished
place in history of civilization of mankind”
Count Bjornstjerna (Swedish Theosophists, 1800)
– Theogeny of the Hindus P.85)
“Indian psychology is far more perfect than European
psychology.”
Mrs. Annie Beasant, British socialist, Theosophist, 1847
“In its (Rigveda) noble simplicity, in the loftiness of its

philosophic vision, it is probably the most admirable
piece of philosophy of olden times.”
Prof. Paul Deussen
“ Vedanta is the most impressive metaphysics the human

mind has conceived.“
Alfred North Whitehead
(British mathematician, logician and philosopher)
“In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous

philosophy of the Bhagavad Gita... in comparison with
which... our modern world and its literature seems puny
and trivial.”
(Henry David Thoreau, American author, poet,
philosopher, and leading transcendentalis
“Prior to Alexandar there
was no culture of science
in Greeks”
(Plato, 400 B.C.)
Taxila Nalanda
Zij- I - Shahryar
Khusrao I
“House of Wisdom” (Toledo Library at Baghdad)
"... everything has come
down to us from the banks
of the Ganges.”
Francois Voltaire
(1775, French Enlightenment writer, historian
and philosopher)
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
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 [Vyasadeva], a mythical seer of primitive times is

 "Indian in blood and color, but English in taste, in

Pythagoras, 570 BC Baudhayan Rishi, 800 BC

The diagonal of a rectangle produces by itself

 Like Rig veda 10. 130. 3: Prama, Paridhi, Pratima.

"Vedic Cosmology is the only one in which

“[Vedic] a Cosmogony is which no

Mathematical science was so perfect and

Modern Surgical Instruments Shushruta Surgical Insturment

Allopathy Hetu Viprita

Aesthetics Rasa Shastra

Nirukta: Vedic Dictionary

saàjïä ca paribhäñä ca / vidhir niyama

“He has always acknowledged his debt to

Production Rules, Adesha and

“Power over People” vs “Power over Mind”

Screen clipping taken: 5/12/2013, 4:15 AM

“The literature of India makes us acquainted with a great

“In its (Rigveda) noble simplicity, in the loftiness of its

“ Vedanta is the most impressive metaphysics the human

“In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous

 Video Link - Click Here

H.G. Savyasachi Das

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