Author: Vijaykumar Malkalpatte
Publisher: Chetana Publications
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 335
ISBN/UPC (if available): NA
Description
Vijaykumar Malkalpatte has written a sizeable dissertation on the Urdhvamulam (the upward rooted tree) obviously the Asvattha referred to in the Katha Upanishad and Bhagvad Gita.
He takes a deep dive in the ancient Vedic a philosophical writing and has tried to connect their tenets with the modern atomic theory and the theory of relativity.
Span of the book is of course very large covering. Cosmology, Metaphysics, Symbolism, Mysticism and other kindred topics.
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgement
Abbreviations
Dedication
Introduction
1. India’s Legacy to Civilization
2. The Perspective
3. Cosmological Survey
4. Atman, The Ultimate Reality
5. The Enigma of Consciousness
6. The Seat of the soul
7. Urdhvamulam
8. The Mystic Power of word
9. Symbolism
10. The Syllable Om
11. The Metaphor of Light
12. The goal
Epilogue
Bibliography