The word ‘Veda’ is derived from the root ‘vid’ which means knowledge. Vedas are termed shruthi, which means it is not learned just by self-reading books but by learning orally from generation to generation in the teacher-student(mentor-protege) tradition since every character has a special way of spelling and its own importance! The next stage is analyzing and meditating on shruthi that is stored in the mind. This makes the learning process wisdom-oriented. There is a misconception spread over the globe that Vedas means some chanting just to praise god. It’s just a part of it. Vedas also comprise the deep study of various subjects from human physiology to technology. There are many great saints who have made a lot of contributions to the most advanced technologies which have not yet been able to build, even with today’s sophisticated methods of science! Bharadwaja Maharshi (Vaimanika shastra), Agasthya Maharshi(Atomic science), Bhaskaracharya, Sushrutha – The Father of Surgery, Parasara Maharshi (plant cell), etc.., are the great maharishis whom we can remember here for their great works. For example, let us consider a few instincts that show the technological advancements that our modern scientists can never ever dream of today.
Vaimanika sastra
Flying like a bird has been a dream of humans since science started taking its pace. This thought, too, had come to our rishis long back, maybe even before the Ramayana period. That’s why Vimanas were found in those days only. The Vimana is simply a synonym for a flying machine. The word Vimana means Vi-special Mana-measurement. The shastra, which deals with a kind of special measurement, is referred to as Vimanika sastra. The Yujurveda quite clearly mentions the use of a flying machine, which was used by the Ashwins. It is also mentioned in the Rgveda, the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, the Bhagavata Purana, as well as in classical Indian literature. Samarangana Sutradhara of Bhojaraja explains the drive, the controls, and the fuel for the flying machine. It mentions that quicksilver and ‘Rasa’ were used. Mercury was used as fuel, and they were able to travel at the speed of light. Currently, NASA is working on a mercury vertex engine. In order to travel at the speed of light, we can observe how strong their metallurgy would have been.
It is recorded in the Hindu mythologies Ramayana and Mahabharathatha (Kurukshetra war) that many mighty air wars happened. In the Vaimanika Shastra written by Bharadwaja Maharshi, it is clearly mentioned what a pilot should eat and what dress he has to wear. This was the level of research they did. The navigation system is designed with respect to star position and by locating different energy points on the earth. One more interesting fact is that when all these energy points were put together, it looked like a Sri chakra!
The ruined sites of Parhaspur have been the scenes of ‘divine’ air battles in the Central American jungles in the center of Parhaspur.
In 1979 a book named 2000 AC Diztruzione Atomica, Atomic Destruction 2000. BC, by David W Davenport, an Englishman born in India was published in Italy. Davenport claimed to have proof that Mohenjo Daro, one of the oldest cities in the history of human civilization, had been destroyed by an atomic bomb. Davenport shows that the ruined site known as ‘the place of death’ by archaeologists was not formed by gradual decay. This portrays the fact that atomic technology was widely used in warfare especially in the Kurukshetra war of Mahabharatha.
Temple architecture:
Agama sastra is the subject that deals with temple architecture. Many people are unaware of why temples are built. Temples stand as masterpieces of research. In a temple selection of a deity is a crucial process of temple architecture. Every deity has one specific yagna and the materials used in the yagna are also different, so different yagnas emit different gasses. These gasses make a change in the gaseous proportions in the air, which in turn will make an impact on climate, which in turn will make an impact on soil fertility, as soil fertility also depends on chemical proportions in the environment. Selection of deity is done considering factors of soil engineering, environmental engineering, and chemical engineering. One more fact in the main deity installation process is – placing navaratnas below the idol, which is being installed to prevent the effect of earthquakes on the temple, as diamonds reflect shock waves. If we observe the shikhara height of a few temples, like the Brhadeshwara temple, which is nearly 150 high, the air pressure at the ground and at 150 high altitude is different. So, the structural design of the shikhara has to be shaped based on the air pressure above, where the involvement of aero dynamics is considered.
Of many temples in India, two temples that stand for their great architectural work, are :
The above-mentioned are just a few pebbles found on the ocean shore of Vedas. There is much more inside it. Just imagine! When a pebble found near the seashore itself sounds so great, then how should the sea with many such pebbles sound like?
