Guest guest Posted September 25, 2005 Report Share Posted September 25, 2005 This is to announce a new issue of EJVS, vol.12-3: Number Symbolism in the Vedas by S. S. N. Murthy It is availabe as pdf on our web site: http://users.primushost.com/~india/ejvs/issues.html Brief intro: .... in the Vedas, one finds numbers such as 1, 3, 7 and 10 as the most used numbers... The symbolism associated with the single digit numerals was very well established in virtually all cultures, since counting began on the ten fingers... The Vedic Rsis also used large compound numbers like 21, 33, 34, 99, and 100 etc. very frequently ... but no serious attempt has been made far to see whether there is any hidden symbolism in these numbers... I have tabulated almost all the compound numbers mentioned in RV ... Keeping in mind that the Vedic Rsis followed the decimal system and were acquainted with some basic arithmetic operations like additions and multiplications etc. of smaller numbers (at least!), the first thing that strikes our mind ... is that there is a pattern or method in the use of numbers ... Michael Witzel Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies, Harvard University 1 Bow Street , 3rd floor, Cambridge MA 02138 1-617-495 3295 Fax: 496 8571 direct line: 496 2990 http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~witzel/mwpage.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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