Vedic science
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Vedic science may refer to a number of disciplines, ancient and modern, Hindu, occultist or New Age, proto-scientific, 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
- Historical Indian mathematics
- Traditional Hindu units of measurement
- Ayurveda, traditional medicine of India
- Dhanurveda, traditional martial arts of India
- Modern
- pseudoscientific claims of a prefiguration of modern science in the Vedas, see scientific foreknowledge in the Vedas
- Maharishi Vedic Science of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
- Vedic mathematics developed by Shri Bharati Krishna Tirthaji (not to be confused with historical Indian mathematics)
Vedic scriptures also explains the development of human embryo [Srimad Bhagabatam],explains the round shape of earth[bhugol-bhu-earth+gol-round],Plants are living,relativity of time etc. This facts were rediscovered by different personalities later in the world but in reality these phenomenons were nothing new for those who had knowledge of vedic scriptures.
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