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 soap 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)
- Linguamaths originally a treatise called 'Agasthyam' provides rules to interpret the scientific meaning of vedas.
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