5. Astronomy
• Peroid varies from 6000BCE (Rig vedic period to 15th century)
• Big names in Indian astronomy are :
- Aryabhata I
- Brahmagupta
- Bhaskara I
- Bhaskara II
Path of celestial bodies is elipticalSun is in the centre of solar system
6. Mathematics
Biggest contribution of India to the world is invention of :0
"The square on the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the
sum of the squares on the two legs"
Pythagoras theoerm:Baudhayana Sutra
1. Square and cube roots
2. Area of a triangle
3. Arithmetic and geometri progression
Vedic Mathematics:
- Part of Vedangas; Ganita shastra was ignored for a long time; until rediscovered in 20th century
by Bharathi krishna tirthaji
Fun with Maths…….. You will love it….
7. Medicine
-Atharvaveda – before 5000BCE contains hymns on diseases and treatment
- Shilajit (Black bitumen) : a material used in ayurveda even today was found in Mohenjodaro
(3500BCE)
- Atreya (Internal medicine); Dhanvantri (Surgery) and Kashyapa (Gynaecology and
paediatrics)
-Most recent : Charaka (1 BC); Sushruta(6BC); Vagbhata(6t AD) – Charaka samhita, sushruta
samhita and ashtanga hridaya – brihat trayi (Big three of Ayurveda)
8. Surgery - Roots in India
-Rhinoplasty (Nose reconstruction)
- Kidney stone removal
-Absorbable ligatures
- Intestinal surgery
-Autopsy
Agnihotra: a case study
Bhopal Gas tragedy : 3rd december 1984; a poisonous vapour
methyl Isothiocyanate from Union Carbide instantly killed 2000
people.
Two families Mr.Sohan Lal S Khushwaha and Shri. M.L. Rathore
Performed this on daily basis were not even affected by this
-Anti bacterial, remove pollutants, rehabilitation, heals mind
and body
Mahabharata: Genetic engineering
10. How does tradition becomes a myth???
-Ensures cleaning of the house
- Serves as food for small insects and prevents them from entering
the house
• Initially done knowing the purposeConscious Competence
• It is done without knowing the
purpose
Unconscious
Competence
• Edible rice powder is replaced by
plastic or inedible powder
Unconscious
incompetence
• If lucky, we wonder and correct it or
complete discontinuation
Conscious
incompetence
11. What are we running behind????
Lets Rediscover Ourselves !!!
Notas do Editor
- Sweeping, cutting nails, stiching, going out after dark, sleeping in north south direction
Learning and preservation of knowledge has been htrough an oral tradition which is built on a succession of teacher-mentor and discipline followers. Three teacher disciple lineages. The periods of the authors only indicate the time of the knowledge being codified and reduced to writing while the knowledge itself would have endured for several centuriedpreceeding the compilation.
Kripa and drona were born with the use of test tube baby technology…
136 years ago; MrTalpade flew the first aircraft 1500 feet above the ground…8 years before wright brothers did tit. This was based on vimanashastra from Rig veda..Mohenjodaro 4500years ago