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Revision as of 06:22, 28 March 2007
Vedic science may refer to a number of disciplines, ancient and modern, Hindu, occultist or New Age, proto-scientific or pseudoscientific, found in or based on the Vedas.
- Vedic period
- Vedanga, the six ancient disciplines subservient to the understanding and tradition of the Vedas
- Shiksha (śikṣā): phonetics and phonology (sandhi)
- Chandas (chandas): meter
- Vyakarana (vyākaraṇa): grammar
- Nirukta (nirukta): etymology
- Jyotisha (jyotiṣa): astrology (Hindu astronomy)
- Kalpa (kalpa): ritual
- traditional Indian
- historical Indian mathematics
- traditional Hindu units of measurement
- Ayurveda, traditional Hindu medicine
- Dhanurveda, traditional Hindu martial arts
- modern
- Maharishi Vedic Science of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
- Vedic mathematics developed by Shri Bharati Krishna Tirthaji (not to be confused with historical Indian mathematics)
- various Hindu nationalist claims that the Vedas anticipate results of modern science, see Hindutva pseudoscience.
See also