Men of older generation used to say that all knowledge is there in the Vedas. Anyone who hears such words will have the first reaction that it is an exaggeration. We should remember here that any sloka in the ancient Hindu manuscripts has more than one meaning.
A Sloka in the 10th book of Rig Veda appears to be written for praising Lord Indra. The technical translation of that Sloka gives the value of Pi up to 28 digits accurately. It is not until the invention of the computers that the western mathematicians could get this value up to 16 digits accurately. Here is a test for those who think that a computer can do any calculation. Use the fastest computer available to you and write a program to calculate the value of Pi up to 28 digits accurately. You will know how difficult it is.
Vedic Numerical Code in the Vedas
In Sanskrit, the following Vedic Numerical code was used in many slokas
कादि नव
टादि नव
पादि पञ्चक
यद्यश्टक
क्ष शुन्यम्
“Kaadi nava
Taadi nava
Paadi panchaka
Yadyashtaka
Kshah sunyam”
Meaning:
Kaadi Nava Starting from ka, the sequence of 9 letters represent 1,2,..9
Similarly Taadi Nava , starting from ta
Paadi panchaka (1-5), starting from pa
Yadyashtaka (1-8) starting from ya
And ksha represents 0
In detail it is as follows:
ka (क) – 1, kha (ख) – 2, ga (ग) – 3, gha (घ) – 4,gna (ङ) – 5, cha (च) – 6, cha (छ) – 7, ja (ज) – 8, jha (झ) – 9
ta (ट) – 1, tha (ठ) – 2, da (ड) – 3, dha (ढ) – 4,~na (ण) – 5, Ta (त) – 6, Tha (थ) – 7, Da (द) – 8, Dha (ध) – 9
pa (प) – 1, pha (फ) – 2, ba (ब) – 3, bha (भ) – 4,ma (म) – 5
ya (य) – 1, ra (र) – 2, la (ल) – 3, va (व) – 4, Sa (श) – 5, sha (ष) – 6, sa (स) – 7, ha (ह) – 8
kshah (क्ष) – 0.
Based on this code there are many slokas in mathematics., e.g., the following is a sloka for Pi value:
गोपीभाग्य मधुव्रातः श्रुंगशोदधि संधिगः |
खलजीवितखाताव गलहाला रसंधरः ||
gopeebhaagya maDhuvraathaH shruMgashodhaDhi saMDhigaH
khalajeevithakhaathaava galahaalaa rasaMDharaH
ga-3, pa-1, bha-4, ya -1, ma-5, Dhu-9, ra-2, tha-6, shru-5, ga-3, sho-5, dha-8, Dhi -9, sa-7, Dha- 9, ga-3, kha-2, la-3, jee-8, vi-4, tha-6, kha-2, tha-6, va-4, ga-3, la-3, ha-8, la-3, ra-2, sa-7, Dha-9, ra-2
3.1415926535897932384626433832792…
The above sloka has actually 3 meanings
1. In favor of Lord Shiva
2. In favor of Lord Krishna
3. The value of Pi up to 32 decimals.
There were many inventions in the field of science and technology in ancient India, we just have to sift through the sands of time to find them.
Source: vedic-dharma.blogspot.in
I would love to learn vedic mathematics. Can you please guide me.
Jai Shri Ram . This is an article of special study by the modern learned graduates , post graduates and doctors of science and technology to collate their learnings with those in Vedas in the perspex of practical application with usable results . This will enable India surpass the rest of the so called the advanced countries/nations dominantly . Jai Shri Ram. shivcharan
Kindly can you tell me how THE UNTOUCHABLES became such a caste-what is the justification and is it religiously sanctioned?
Vedas are OK .Yet we have to thank Robert stevenson.Hertz Thomas Edison and others for coritribution to mankind.With these vedas and all we are able divide the country Hindustan on caste lines
Wonderful, Our Ancestors are great,
but still we do not believe it.
fascinating who is doing work on this?
really fantastic explanation. our ancesstor’s knowledge is great.
srinivasan
The analysis is excellent reflecting the ancient scientific heritage depicted in Vedas. Please also enlighten the readers whether there is any indication in Vedas regarding the value of velocity of light and other universal constants.
somebody told me that the word ‘dravid’ means land surrounded by three sides by sea i.e. penin sula. is it correct?
Knowledge is waste if it is not passed on to the future generations. Wonder why our ancestors failed to pass on the knowledge of vedas to us?
Thanks for decipher of mantra and bringing to our notice. Your service will be used wisely by us . Pl bring out more of them for the benefit of humanity as well.
What is the use of hidden knowledge? Whatever may be the knowledge hidden in Vedas access to Vedas was restricted in India to very few people. Today even Sanskrit is line an alien language to Indians. I say it is the biggest lose to humanity and let us not blame others for it.
VEDA IS BASE ALL BOOKS ….THANKS THANKS
Thank you very much for informing the lay people like us such a divine & valuable knowledge. I pray keep on informing all the world, who loves vedas & sanskrit.
The Vedic system of knowledge is Sruti based ie learning by listening and reciting …not by writing re writing in exam. Certain parts of recitations are difficult to script. The one who understand Gurruparampara of vedic education appreciate how sacred knowledge treasure was protected centuries together by sharing and passing it down to generations without any expectations /returns, unlike today narrow school of thought like of IPR/patents.
Yes, the knowledge was passed to only those capable and eligible ones not for all.
I am sorry to note such comments ” ancestors failed to ….”
Just for information, this Pi value is known to me from my childhood days. If this was not passed on how did I came to know. Nothing is secret or hidden .If followers are not there, things get disappear they may come back at some time in some fashion. what we need is interpretation and inclination to learn.
The verse is from a 1965 book called “Vedic Mathematics” by Bharati Krishna Tirtha Maharaja. Someone while quoting has mis interpreted as if it is from veda
There was no Untouchability in ancient times nor it is in Vedas,in Ramayan lord Ram make friend nishadraj Guha ,Navik and eaten jhute bair of Adivasi mahila Shabari and sent her solu to his dham.likewise Adivasi king Sugreev was his friend.
knowledge enlightens old or new share it with like minded individuals only.
I see whenever there is any reference about Vedas, the repository of knowledge or Sanskrit, people start putting question marks. They should try to read history. We suffered slavery for over a thousand years and all this time, every attempt was made to destroy our literature and culture. In South America, entire literature was put to book burning, in India, entire Library of Nalanda university was put to flames. Then Britishers mis-interpreted our knowledge in a systematic way. Now when others are trying hard to learn from Sanskrit, why are we not ready to learn? This shloka is quoted in Vedic Mathematics book. Go through that book to learn about grandeur of our knowledge. If somebody is interested, I can help learn it.
Vedic, & dedas are many years old, & to practise one need shradha, faith and desire to chant and pray god.
Sakthi seems to look at only the perceived negative aspect of Veda which to my knowledge does not promote untouchability.
What is the use of modern inventions without spiritual awareness.
No amount of vedic knowledge will lead a person to achieve Sat chit anandam. It is one who practices strictly in austerity, chastity, and divinity can seek the true path of devotion to the supreme Absolute Divine Being.Always be conscious of the 5 elements embodied in one’s InnerSelf and do purifucation of these elements.Thus this leads one to auspicious life.
The Vedas where accurate about all of civilization no one was excluded regardless. of their lineage . Thank you
Inspite of so much knowledge the brahmins made the greatest mistake of passing it on to other brahmins only by reciting and not writing or documenting. That has made a big loss.
Great! Fascinating to know what all treasures do our Ancient Vedas contain/ protect! I agree it is time all the treasures are opened and made available for the use of present & GenNext!
So very Valuable indeed!
Prof.Jagadisan Chandrasekharan
Mumbai,India
Marvelous. We have to be proud of the Vedas. The knowledge implied is important to the whole of humanity, irrespective of caste, creed,religion,nation, or time.Only through the grace or blessing of a Sat Guru or an avatar, one can grasp the real meaning of the verses in it Sorry to say, many tainted personalities have twisted the pure meanings in it to satisfy their selfish motives and that is how the Vedas lost the most reverence it deserves!
Interesting to read these comments.
To my understanding, scriptural knowledge was passed on to those who were “ready to receive” it, meaning to understand it and assimilate it; as an example, even today our universities do not allow us to go to a college without getting through high school first, nor go to Ph.D without getting a graduate degree first, etc. Such an approach means that those who have the proper training, background and level of understanding can access further knowledge in their chosen
field; they are the ones who can receive, appreciate and benefit from higher level of education. It is also people like these who in turn can transmit such knowledge to their own pupils, thus propagating
it in a manner that we recognize as “Parampara”. Such has always
been the case in all educational institutions even now (that you go
ahead after demonstrating your readiness to go further, higher).
I have not read nor heard, from any of many Swamijis that I was
fortunate to listen to, that the caste system was established or
advocated in our scriptures. In my view, we have even today
people that have the knowledge and therefore teach whatever they are experts in (brahmins), those who choose to join armed forces to protect
the society and the country (kshatriyas), those who are good in trade
and commerce to do business (vaishyas) and those who keep our cities clean and pick up and dispose garbage, etc. (kshudras). Such a division of manpower and labor makes sense even in today’s societal structure; unfortunately, Indian culture is much maligned by those who are not conversant with our historical background, which includes many of us Indians too; so, it is hardly a surprise that westerners take every opportunity to taunt us about this very disgraceful societal behavior, but
it bears repetition that such caste-ism doers not have any scriptural or
religious sanction; those who say or believe otherwise are ill-informed. That there is much harm, injustice and even cruelty prevalent between members of different castes in India and among the Indians because of this misunderstanding even today is a sorry state of affairs that has proved so hard to eradicate, even among those claiming to be educated and “modern”. Let us hope that tolerance and enlightenment will
eventually prevail amongst us that will dispel ignorance from our society and result in a more humane and civilized behavior among all.
Knowledge is to acquire what ever source it comes from.The vedas are treasure of wisdom .Vedas are teacher: Worth to follow like a child student
The article confuses between astrology and astronomy in many places. What is the precise source of the sloka giving pi to 32 places?
This is the hard evidence of progress in times modern science from Wikipedia:
“Mathematicians using polygonal algorithms reached 39 digits of π in 1630,
a record only broken in 1699 when infinite series were used to reach 71 digits.”