(Ebook) Vedic Physics: Scientific Origin of Hinduism by Raja Ram Mohan Roy ISBN 9780968412039, 0968412033

(Ebook) Vedic Physics: Scientific Origin of Hinduism by Raja Ram Mohan Roy ISBN 9780968412039, 0968412033

This is a reprint of the original 1999 edition with minor editorial changes. The Rigveda is the first book of humankind and the most sacred scripture of Hinduism. It also happens to be the most ill-understood book of our times. Despite the extensive study by academic and religious scholars, the purpose and meaning of the Rigveda and many ancient Hindu scriptures remain unclear. In this pathbreaking book, the discovery of the Rigveda as a book of ancient cosmology is described, and related to the seals of ancient Indus Valley Civilization, thereby challenging our perception of humanity." The Vedas have always been lauded as containing the secrets of cosmogenesis. Raja Roy in his remarkable book shows how this is true not only from the yogic vision but according to the latest insights of modern physics. The book takes the reader on a vast panoramic journey through the universe of matter, mind and human history as well. "David Frawley (Vamadeva Shastri) Director, American Institute of Vedic Studies" Roy presents a new framework for the understanding of the Vedic hymns from the point of view of physics and then he draws parallels with recent theories on the nature of the universe.Table of Contents:-1. The Vedic Legacy1.1: The Vedas1.2: The Vedas and Cosmology1.3: The Indus Valley Civilization and the Mahābhārata War1.4: The Avestā1.5: The Brāhmaṇas1.6: The Āraṇyakas and the Upaniṣads1.7: The Sūtra Literature1.8: The Vedāṅgas, Pariśiṣṭas and Anukramaṇis1.9: The Purāṇas1.10: Meanings of the Vedas1.11: The Dating of Vedas1.12: Commentators on the Vedas2. The Time Before Time2.1: The Golden Womb2.2: Water Everywhere2.3: Deluge That Never Came2.4: The Creator3. All This Is Puruṣa3.1: The Puruṣa Hymn3.2: Man in the Image of God3.3: Secret of the Unicorn3.4: Puruṣa Sacrifice3.5: The Concept of Paradise3.6: The Prajāpati4. The Expanding Egg4.1: The Expanding Universe4.2: The Birth of Gods4.3: The Dead Egg4.4: The Lord of Expansion4.5: Puruṣa and Aditi4.6: Agastya and Lopāmudra5. Edge of the Universe5.1: Indra and Vṛtra5.2: Frog Who Drank All the Waters5.3: Electric Force5.4: Surface Tension5.5: Slaying of Varāha5.6: Bubbles and Voids in Space5.7: Deeds of Indra5.8: Indra, the Bull5.9: Mighty Hercules5.10: Serpent as Evil6. Parallel Spaces6.1: Three Spaces6.2 The Steps of Viṣṇu6.3: The Hidden Spaces7. The Seat of Immortality7.1: The Wedding of Vivasvāna7.2: The Field7.3: Fabric of the Universe7.4: Heaven and Earth7.5: The Cosmic Tree7.6: The Giant Tortoise7.7: The Geocentric Universe7.8: Superspace7.9: Triśirā Viśvarūpa7.10: The Dark Matter8. Return of the Elements8.1: Agni (Fire)8.2: Āpaḥ (Water)8.3: Rudra8.4: Maruta (Wind)8.5: Saraswatī9. Quark Confinement9.1: Particle9.2: Bosons and Fermions9.3: Once-Born and Twice-Born9.4: The Flying Horse9.5: Animal Sacrifice9.6: Quarks9.7: The Sacred Cow10. Matter and Energy10.1: Savitā10.2: Pūṣā10.3: Lord of the Animals11. Electron, Proton and Neutron11.1: Varuṇa11.2: Ahuramazdā11.3: Mitra11.4: Rise and Fall of Mithraism11.5: Aryamā12. Electricity and Magnetism12.1: Soma12.2: Indu12.3: Madhu12.4: Aśvins13. Let There Be Light14. The Dance of Creation14.1: Uṣā (Dawn)14.2: Nakta (Night)14.3: Lord of the Dancers15. Pair Production15.1: Matter and Anti-Matter15.2: Yama and Yamī15.3: Saramā and Paṇi16. The Seven Sages16.1: Vasiṣṭha17. The Gods Gallery17.1: Three-Fold Division17.2: Thirty Three Gods17.3: The Age of Purāṇas17.4: Incarnations of Viṣṇu17.5: The Legend of Vikramāditya18: Did Big Bang Happen?18.1: The Big Bang Cosmology18.2: The Steady State Cosmology18.3: The Singularity Problem18.4: The Horizon Problem18.5: The Flatness Problem18.6: The Age Problem18.7: The Monopole Problem18.8: The Entropy Problem18.9: The Antimatter Problem19. The Vedic Cosmology19.1: The Cosmic Egg19.2: The Chakra of Viṣṇu19.3: Rotation of the Universe19.4: The Universe Without Singularity19.5: Conservation of Space, Matter and Energy19.6: Gamma-Ray Bursts19.7: Evolution of the Universe19.8: Trinity19.9: The Horizon Problem19.10: The Flatness Problem19.11: The Age Problem19.12: The Monopole Problem19.13: The Entropy Problem19.14: The Antimatter Problem19.15: Implications of the Vedic Model19.16: Cyclic Cosmology19.17: Vedic Model and Other Cosmologies20. The Astronomical CodeScientific Glossary