Sama veda, also the veda of melodies and chants, is the third in the series of the four principle scriptures of the hindu dharma four vedas. They also had a vast influence on buddhism, jainism, and sikhism. That is the same time frame when the babylonians compiled star charts, and it was that time frame when it is possible the ancient hindus created the rig veda. Considering the purusasukta the song of praise of man. You can find information about various hindu vedas such as rig, ayur, vishu purana, universe mythology existence of universe by hindu veda. Everything we need to create peaceful and happy lives is clearly explained in this book. The readers are set to a journey into the world of vedas and upanishads, a tranquil road to selfawareness and the amazing secrets of the universe, right from the very beginning of the book the book starts with a quiz on the vedas and triggers the readers quest of knowing about the holy scriptures.
Vedas, written possibly over 10,000 years ago or even more accurately points out the age of the earth, the age of the universe, the diameter of the earth, the mass of the earth. This is a video describing theories ranging from universe creation to multidimensions. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. For now, brahma represents our universe which has birth and death, a big bang and a big cruch, from a navel singularity. Age of universe according to vedas ubc computer science. The sama veda, divided into two major parts, first to include the four melody collections, or the saman, the songs and the latter the arcika, or the verse books a collection samhita of hymns. This book contains eternal knowledge and just blew my mind.
Veda information resource for vedas, vedic knowledge and philosophy, culture and related topics. Vishnu represents the eternity that lies beyond our universe which has no birth or death and that which is eternal. According to vedas, our universe s age is 157,076,064,000,000 human years. Whenever it comes to reading a childrens book, i never leave a.
Danavir goswami produced several books on puranic cosmology, dvd part 1 online. Origin of the universe rayalu vishwanadha in the tenth book mandalam of rig veda, 129th hymn suktam deals with the origin of the universe and creation. What do the vedas say about the origin of the universe. The sanskrit speaking aryans subscribed to the idea of a spherical earth in an era when the greeks believed in a flat one. There was sanatan dharma, religion of truth called dharma everywhere. Every information is in the coded form in the rigveda and one needs to have extraordinary knowledge about every element of the universe to decode this. The origin of the universe is discussed in the nasadiya sukta the hymn of creation, the 129th hymn sukta in the tenth book mandal of rigveda. The universe is ball shaped and surrounded by an eightfold shell. Sixtyfour centuries before isaac newton, the hindu rigveda asserted that gravitation held the universe together. The vedas, four in number, form the roots of indian civilization. Vedas say that before the creation of the universe lord vishnu was sleeping in the ocean of all causes.
In those forest labs, the brightest thinkersphilosophers contemplated the universe, reflected on ancient texts called the vedas and came up with startling insights into questions we still dont have final answers my opinion. In the rig veda the first scripture of hinduism, containing spiritual and scientific knowledge it says that the universe was created out of the parts of. It affirms an absolute beginning of things and the origin of the universe as being beyond the concepts of even the existence and nonexistence. Like big bang, the universe started from a singularity. Sidharth states, the rig vedic deities are really very definite and subtle scientific entities principles and not tribal or semitribal gods.
There is a popular creation hymn in rig veda, known as nasadiya sukta. The vedas are a large body of religious texts originating in ancient india. The shell consists of eight spherical layers in which each successive material element is manifested and stored. The most common cosmological conception of lokas in the veda was that of the trailokya or triple world. The most sacred scriptures of hinduism are the vedas books of knowledge, a collection of texts written in sanskrit from about 1200 bce to 100 ce as sruti revealed texts, the vedas are regarded as the absolute authority for religious knowledge and a test of hindu orthodoxy both jains and buddhists reject the vedas. In the eight books books 2 through 9 that were composed the earliest, the hymns. This book answers all his confutation with proof and also serves as a reference book for the seekers aspiring to digest the theme of sanathana dharma and to reinforce their faith in the wisdom of our ancestors. It is called as vaidic rashmi theory of universe, this theory is found by a vedic scientist acharya agnivrat naishthik, he took 8 to 9 years to uncover the secrets of our universe through vedas. This shell is composed of primeval material elements in their most subtle manifestation. Age of universe and brahma as calculated in vedas vedas. While vishnu is asleep, a lotus sprouts of his navel note that navel is symbolised as the root of creation.
What is age of universe according to vedas with proof. They were written thousands of years ago, allegedly revealed by higher masters. We will talk about this theory, initially we are going to know about some basic concepts and then we will discuss the actual theory. His bed is a giant serpent with thousands of cobra like hoods. Its cosmology divides time into four epochs or yuga, of which the current period is the kali yuga. In his book the wishing tree, subhash kak points out that the puranas which were written with vedas as the basis mention the creation and destruction of the universe in cycles of 8. About the book rig veda is foremost among the four vedas, considered to be one of the oldest texts known to mankind. Vedic concept of creation of universe exotic india art.
While vishnu is asleep, a lotus sprouts of his navel note that navel is symbolized as the root of creation. Unlike previous works on vedic cosmology, which discuss the model of the universe without describing its connection to a theory of nature, this book discusses. Perhaps the most famous poem or prayer in the rg veda or rig veda. The book of the vedas identifies the philosophy at the heart of hinduism, explaining concepts such. Origin of the universe the vedic perspective facebook.
The vedas by sri chandrasekharendra saraswati gives us a detailed account of the vedas, and the many, many accompanying books written by realized souls to help us understand the vedas. The wisdom of the vedas theosophical heritage classics. Vedas the ancient sacred books of hinduism india the. The hindu devotees worship these sacred books with utmost respect. Brahma mindblowing secrets behind creation of the universe. According to this theory, the universe had its origin in a gigantic explosion about 18,000 million years ago. The supreme beingishwar is he by whom this whole universe is brought to light, who sustains and dissolves it, who is the lord of all this world and in whom, the allprevading one, this whole universe finds the principle if origin, sustenance and end. The concept of multiverses is mentioned many times in hindu puranic literature, such as in the bhagavata purana. For hindus, the veda is a symbol of unchallenged authority and. For instance, the vedas state the diameter of the universe is about 8000 miles. Astronomy, cosmology science is based on vedas, vedic hindu. The present concept of the hinduism revolving around the sacred books. Astronomy, cosmology science is based on vedas, vedic. Ved puran this site provide you free ved puran pdf for.
Composed in vedic sanskrit, the texts constitute the oldest layer of sanskrit literature and the oldest scriptures of hinduism. Now the universe is governed by several laws created by brahma, who is the creation of supreme god. Hindu cosmology,parallel universe and jamboodweep for many people bhagvatam or sri bhagvatgita is only religion of hindu book, but during krishna there was no other so called cult religion what we have now since last 2000 years ago. The legend says that vritra kept all the waters trapped in his mountain lair, and indra was the one who slew the demon in order to release the waters. Such utilization of the vedas in the sacrificial processes naturally led to its division based. Followers of the vedic culture, for example, learned about the cosmos from scriptures like the srimadbhagavatam, or bhagavata purana. Why would such a book be considered as the book of all knowledge from time immemorial.
The four vedas origin and brief description of 4 vedas. So let me tell you that the vedas of hindu religion have the knowledge of the mysteries of the whole universe but we have not understood it yet. The hinduism has been thriving by following the principles of vedas. Understanding the multidimensional universe of the vedas duration. But the bhagavatams descriptions of the universe often baffle modern students of vedic literature. Vedas are also called sruti literature, distinguishing them from other religious texts, which. Vedic theories of the universe ancient indian scriptures youtube. Now the universe is born and earth has finally taken its shape and life start to exist on earth. Vedas say that thousands of brahmas have passed away. In the tenth book mandalam of rig veda, 129 th hymn suktam deals with the origin of the universe and creation. The vedas describe indra as the god who wields the thunderbolt, and his most celebrated story was the killing of the demonserpent vritra. The gist of his book is that vedas contain in a codedsymbolic language the fundamentals of particle physics and fundamental forces of the universe, like gravitation etc.
Vedas say that before the creation of the universe lord vishnu is sleeping in the ocean of all causes. Size of the universe according to the vedas youtube. Followers of the vedic culture, for example, learned about the cosmos from. In hindu cosmology, the universe is cyclically created and destroyed. Sidharth scientific research focuses on particle physics and cosmology, and some feel that he should have received the nobel prize for his. The main theme of the book is energy science in vedas, and its fundamental principles. It is hard to believe that these facts were already mentioned in hindu books thousands of. Traditionally the text of the vedas was coeval with the universe. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your. Basically, the book develops an angle of interpretation that tracks on what the vedic poets were constructing in the way of a universe in which imagination.
There are many theories about the origin of the universe, but basically three principle ones are given the most credence. In former times, people got their information from traditional books of wisdom. The big bang theory, which says the universe began with a point of. The app has hindi text rendering engine which will give you a very unique and compelling reading experience. Colony earth and the rig veda part i ancient origins. Scholars have determined that the rig veda, the oldest of the four vedas, was composed about 1500 b. You may be thinking now that how powerful is that millions of years ago, hindus knew so many calculations. Every universe is covered by seven layers earth, water, fire, air, sky, the total energy and false ego each ten times greater than the previous one. Decoding the gita, indias book of answers roopa pai. In the process of achieving this, it has started many websites where vedic books are made available online where everyone who has access to the internet can download vedic books and read them. The ancient vedas contained details about the physical nature of reality corresponding to quarks and string theory etc which only recently have started to be confirmed by modern science, due to the increasing power and sophistication of microscopes and telescopes.
They have been handed down to the posterity by oral tradition. The rigveda samhita is the core text, and is a collection of 10 books maalas with 1,028 hymns suktas in about 10,600 verses called. Charles lanman, to the unknown god, book x, hymn 121, rigveda, the. The sanskrit transliterations, and many of my thoughts on the purusasukta, have come from studying the book christ in the ancient vedas by joseph padinjarekara 346 pp. This illusory form shall so deceive the daityas, so that being led astray from the path of the vedas, they may be put to death. Although i found one that claims to be from vedic yugas that had 155. This is a video describing theories ranging from universe creation to multidimensions given in ancient indian scriptures which date back to thousands of years. As if you are reading a book, the reading experience will not distract you away from the content.