Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I: Conceptual
1. Scientifying the Science: The Art of Making Everything a Science
-- Bal Ram Singh
2. Spirituality, Logic and Science in India: A Philosophical Perspective
-- R.P. Singh
Part II: Physical Sciences
3. Vaisheshika Insights into Science
-- Shashiprabha Kumar
4. Fourfold Description of Sound: A Vedic View
-- M.G. Prasad
5. Relevance of Vedic Physics in the Contemporary Society
-- Sadasiva Biswal
6. Concept of Agni in the Rigveda in the Light of the Physical Sciences
-- Soma Basu and R.K. Saha
7. Mechanics in Hindu Literature
-- P. Priyadarshi
Part III: Mathematical Sciences
8. Numbers and Zero in Vedic Suktas Some Applications and China Contacts
-- Bhu Dev Sharma
9. An Unpublished Commentary of the Katyayana Shulbasutra
-- Nabanarayan Bandyopadhyay
Part IV: Chemical Sciences, Environment
and Metallurgy
10. Rasashala, the Ancient Indian Pharmacy: A Study on its Construction (Arrangement
of Rasashala, List of Required Apparatuses and Koshthiyantras)
-- Dillip Kumar Kar
11. High Technology in Ancient Sanskrit Manuscripts
-- C.S.R. Prabhu
12. Environmental Science: Vedic Perspective
-- Shashi Tiwari
13. Contribution of Ancient India in Production Technology and Mechanical Engineering
-- Chandrabhan Prajapati
Part V: Yoga and Ayurveda
14. Personality Traits of People Born in Different Samvatsaras and their Comparison with
Modern Psychological Personality Traits: A Study
-- Melukote K. Sridhar
15. The Applicative Wonders of Ayurveda: The Mother of All Life Sciences
-- Vaidyaratnam R. Raghavan
16. Ayurvedic Medicines: Ancient Roots and Scientific Validation
-- Yamini Bhushan Tripathi
Part VI: Text and Information Encoding
in Human Brain and Computer
17. Unicode Standard for Vaidika Sanskrit: Efforts and Status
-- Swarn Lata, Manoj Jain
18. Sanskrit, Whole Brain Learning: And its Importance in the Super Accelerated Learning Theory (SALT)
-- Pandit Ramadheen Ramsamooj
Contributors
Index