Scientific things mentioned in Vedas way before ~1500B.C.

1. Vedic Sciences and their
relevance
Abhay Ratnaparkhi

2. Vedic Sciences and their Relevance today
• Introduction to the Vedas
• The Depth/Thoroughness of Vedic Sciences
• Vedic Sciences’ Revolution around the Practitioner’s Potential
(Simplicity of Vedic Sciences)
• Westernization of Vedic Sciences
• Opportunities for Hindus to Educate those unaware of the
contributions of these Plentiful Resources

3. Vedas
• Composed scriptures in India between about 1500 and
1000 BC
• Vedism is the oldest stratum of religious activity in India
• Existence with written materials
• Major traditions that shaped Hinduism
• Vedas are timeless and have universal application
• Vedic culture - based on Vedic scriptures called Vedas
• “Veda” means “Knowledge”
• Eternal Knowledge - No Beginning No Ending
• Sanskrit was the language of Vedic civilization

6. Vedas Teachings
• Rigveda - WISDOM OF THE VERSES
• 10,589 verses
• Appear to be poems in praise
• Example: Indra is the “god” of thunder and rain
• Gayatri Mantra (Rg Veda 3.62.10)
• ॐ भूभभुवः स्वः तत्सववतभवुरेण्यं भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि धधयो यो नः प्रचोदयात् ॥
We meditate on the glory of that Being who has produced this universe; may She enlighten our minds.
• Information on yoga, the spinal current and the chakras, as well as the planets and their orbits.
• Yajurveda :CONCEPT OF KARMA
• 1975 verses
• Accompany ritual acts, many of which are addressed to the ritual instruments and offerings
• Shukla Vajurveda
• Krishna Vajurveda
• ॐ सि नाववतभ |
सि नौ भभनक्तभ |
सि वीयं करवाविै |
तेजस्स्वनावधीतमस्तभ मा ववद्ववषाविै॥
ॐ शास््तः शास््तः शास््तः॥
Om! May God protect us both together; may God nourish us both together;
May we work conjointly with great energy,
May our study be vigorous and effective;
May we not mutually dispute (or may we not hate any).
Om! Let there be peace in me!
Let there be peace in my environment!
Let there be peace in the forces that act on me

7. VEDAS – VALUES AND PRINCIPLES
• Vedas teaches us about the value of moral in our lives
• Vedas creates value by reducing chaos in the society
• Thinking about the benefit of entire society not just about themselves
Creating values by reading inspiring books that change the way of thinking
• Law of Karma will help us to be alert about our deeds
• Creates a healthy society by following Vedic principles
• Inheriting a principled life with dedication and devotion to what we do.
• Vedas talk about both Para Vidya (beyond intellect, mind and sense) and
Apara Vidya.

8. Vedas and Science
Big Bounce vs Big Bang
https://www.quantamagazine.org/big-bounce-
simulations-challenge-the-big-bang-20200804/
Rigveda 10.129 is the most notable, speaking right
about creation. It speaks that at the beginning, there
was nothing existing, though nothing could be
dismissed as non existing. This situation is true only at
timelessness; therefore, Vedas talk about a timeless
origin of the universe.

9. Vedas and Science
Motion of Earth
• Rig Veda 10.22.14 - “This earth is devoid of hands and legs, yet it moves ahead. All the objects over the earth also move with it. It moves around the sun.
• Rig Veda 10.149. - “The sun has tied Earth and other planets through attraction and moves them around itself as if a trainer moves newly trained horses around itself holding their reins.”
Gravitation
• Rig Veda 8.12.28“O Indra! by putting forth your mighty rays, which possess the qualities of gravitation and attraction-illumination and motion — keep up the entire universe in order through the Power of your
attraction.”
• Rig Veda 1.6.5, Rig Veda 8.12.30“O God, You have created this Sun. You possess infinite power. You are upholding the sun and other spheres and render them steadfast by your power of attraction.
• Yajur Veda 33.43“The sun moves in its own orbit in space taking along with itself the mortal bodies like earth through force of attraction.”
• Rig Veda 1.35.9“The sun moves in its own orbit but holding earth and other heavenly bodies in a manner that they do not collide with each other through force of attraction.
Rig Veda 1.164.13
• “Sun moves in its orbit which itself is moving. Earth and other bodies move around sun due to force of attraction, because sun is heavier than them.
• Atharva Veda 4.11.1“The sun has held the earth and other planets”
Medicine
• The Charaka Samhita was the book by the sage Charaka some 2500 years ago.
• It consists of 120 chapters in eight sections on surgery, eye and head treatment, therapeutics, toxicology, pediatrics, pharmacology, and medicine preparation, mental diseases, and treatment of reproductive systems.
• We can find additional knowledge of veins and arteries in the Atharva Veda (1.17.1) and the earliest mention of surgery is found in the Rig Veda (1.116.15) where the Ashvins fitted an iron leg to Vishpala who lost her
leg in a war

10. Westernization of Vedic Sciences

11. References
• http://indianscriptures.50webs.com/partveda.htm
• https://www.reincarnationresearch.com/case-categories/?cat=spirit-
communication-and-ghosts
• https://www.decodinghinduism.com/p/scientific-vedas.html