Author: R K Mishra
Publisher: Rupa
Year: 2000
Language: English
Pages: 568
ISBN/UPC (if available): 817167450X
Description
This work presents to the reader a rare opportunity to delve into the fundamental mysteries of the universe.
The book is an exploration of Vedic knowledge, an attempt to convey to the reader the original message contained in the Vedas. It explores the physical and supraphysical sciences associated with the functioning of our cosmos. The book introduces the reader to the Vedic process of scientific investigation into the mysteries of the cosmos. It takes the reader beyond 'the universe of physics' as expounded by our modern day scientists, and fathoms the secrets that lie beneath.
It covers various aspects of creation and the cosmos. How did the cosmos originate and what is its future? Of what is it made? Who is the 'I', the individual self, and what is its place in the universe? These questions have, at one time or the other, troubled each one of us. The Vedas provide us with the answers. However, these insights have remained obscured for centuries.
This book is directed as much at the specialists as it is at readers who have a keen interest in the secrets of the universe.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Author's Note on Transliteration and Pronunciation
Pronunciation Guide for Sanskrit
Words Used in the Text
SECTION ONE
Introduction
SECTION TWO
Introducing 'VEDA' and THE VEDAS
CHAPTER ONE
The Vedas : A prologue
SECTION THREE
BEYOND THE UNIVERSE OF PHYSICS
CHAPTER TWO
Beginning the Journey
CHAPTER THREE
Prajapati : The First Individual
CHAPTER FOUR
Jeeva, Ishwara and Parmeshwara
CHAPTER FIVE
Yajnya : Meaning and Significance
CHAPTER SIX
Who is the 'I'?
CHAPTER SEVEN
The Universe : Inside and Outside
CHAPTER EIGHT
Inside the Supraphysical Universe
CHAPTER NINE
The Space-Time Continuum
SECTION FOUR
THE SEER-SCIENTISTS AND THE GODS
CHAPTER TEN
God, Gods and Goddess
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Pure Intelligence and Absolute Consciousness
CHAPTER TWELVE
Vishnu and His One Thousand Names
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Indra and Vishnu : The Warring 'Gods'
SECTION FIVE
VEDIC INSIGHTS AND THEIR PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Harnessing Our Untapped Potential : Retraining Body, Mind and Intellect
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Ayurveda : The Science of Health and Longevity
SECTION SIX
TOOLS OF LEARNING
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Definitions, Concepts and Metaphore
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Word and Meaning : The Importance of Grammar in the Study of the
Vedas
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
Language and the Seer-Scientists of the Vedas
CHAPTER NINTEEN
Method of Analysis
SECTION SEVEN
DISTORTION OF MEANING
CHAPTER TWENTY
The Vedas : Distortion and Misrepresentation
SECTION EIGHT
BEFORE THE BEGINNING AND AFTER THE END
Reflection
SECTION NINE
APPENDICES
Appendix One
Excerpts from Vedic Aryan and the Origins of Civilization : A Literary and Scientific Perspective by Navaratna S. Rajaram and David Frawley
Appendix Two
Isaac Asimov's short story, the Feeling of Power
Glossary
Bibliography
About the Author
Index