Guest guest Posted July 26, 2003 Report Share Posted July 26, 2003 Dear Devotees, Regarding Garbha Upanishad mentioned by Shriman Sagopan: Members may like to read the article "Medical Heritage of India" by N.H. Keshwani on the internet at http://www.healthlibrary.com/reading/banyan1/1appen1.htm The following is an extract from this article: "The science of embryology was matter of considerable speculation and controversy in the various schools of philosophy and medicine. One entire Upanished has been devoted to the speculations with regard to the formation and development of the human embryo (Keswani 1962, 1965). This Garbha Upanishad, literally a brief treatise on embryo, is considered to be of greater antiquity than the rest of the Upanishads of the class to which Garbhopanishad belongs. There are ample references to the development of the human embryo in the Vedas themselves. It is suprising to read in them and the various medical texts, the ideas of the ancient Hindus regarding the biological evolution, reproduction, generation, preformation and spontaneous regeneration, which at a first glance appear to be borrowed from a modern text on embryology!" Dasan, Krishnaswamy M.K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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