Vedic World View and Modern Science

Contents: Acknowledgements. 1. Vedic world view and modern science/Radhavallabh Tripathi. 2. Vedic world view and modern science/Ram Karan Sharma. 3. Words for the Non-such/R.K. Mishra. 4. Vedic world view and modern physics/S. Sivaraman. 5. Pairs of opposites in the Upanisads: a complementarity view/S.C. Goswami. 6. An appraisal of the Vedic world view and modern science/T.R. Sharma. 7. Some Rgvedic and modern scientific views on the origin of the universe/Murlimanohar Pathak. 8. Rgvedic world view and modern science/S. Ranganath. 9. Reflections on Veda in modern philosophical work/Nirmala Kulkarni. 10. Reflective inquiry in Sastric dialecties/G. Mishra. 11. Rgveda and its interpretation in relation to medical sciences/Satya Pal Narang. 12. Certain scientific and medicinal aspects in Vedic literature/Korada Subrahmanyam.

"The present volume comprises papers presented in the National Seminar on Vedic World View and Modern Science organised by the Department of Sanskrit Dr. H.S. Gour University, Sagar.

The idea of this seminar was to explore the scientific perspectives of Vedas, and to delve deeply into the Vedic lore from the view point of modern scientific acumen by bringing together the scientists and the pundits on the podium.

Vedic seers have unravelled the mysteries of life and creation through their intuition. It has to be investigated whether the ancient wisdom can widen the horizons of modern scientific thought and open new vistas.

It is hoped that the ideas presented in the papers collected here will generate further quarries and fruitful discussions." (jacket)