Author: T R R Iyengar
Publisher: D K Printworld
Year: 1997
Language: English
Pages: 284
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8124600775
Description
Hinduism is not just a religion. It synonmyizes the five-millennia of India's cultural heritage. Which is Unequivocally manifest in the Hindus' architecture, scrulptural art, music, mythology, Sanskrit literary classics, social instituions, and ethical/legal codes. And also in their complex philosophical systems addressing perpetually beffling questions concerning creation, existence, cosmic consciousness, reincarnation, and the like. Yet, ironically perhaps, not many know about the striking breakthrough of Hindu sages in astronomy, mathematics, chemistry, medicine, metallurgy, and other ancient-time sciences -- leave alone a deificent awareness of the monumental treatises of Scharaka, Aryabhatta, Bhaskara and Kautilya that still remain as landmarks in the scientific history.
Here is a book trying to highlight how Hinduism of youre: both in its motivations and methodology, laid the foundations of modern scientfific quest. Dtrawing on the prodigous mass of Vedic/post-Vedic Sanskrit writings, the author focesses specially on some of the contemporary scientific ideas vis-à-vis the achievements of the orld-worrld Hinduism in cosmogony, astronomy, meterologogy and psychology.Contextually, Iyengar's book also unfolds the Hindu worldviews of creation, soul and determinism, among other fundamental philosophical concepts.
Discerning reders will find this work as much a useful read as the scholars of traditional philosphy and historyof science.
Contents
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Cosmogony
3. The Upanishadic Conception of Creation and Modern Science
4. The Role of the Gods
5. Science, Modern and Ancient
6. Advaita and Science
7. Determinism
8. Soul and Body
Bibliography
Glossary
Index