…e the historical and spiritual significance of the Vedas for the evolution of Indian civilization and culture. Modern Theories (Continued) One of the major defects of modern Vedic scholarship is that too much importance is given to secondary and non-essential factors like philology, linguistics, his… 2
…to Bologna, initiated in 1088, to Paris in 1091, and to other old citadels of learning, including of course Oxford University which was established in 1167, and Cambridge in 1209. Where does Nalanda fit into this picture? “Nowhere” is the short answer if we are looking for a university i… 2
India is well-known as the land of religion and philosophy. The spiritual masters of modern India like Sri Aurobindo and Swami Vivekananda have repeatedly emphasised that spirituality is the essence of Indian genius. But this word “spirituality” is used — or rather abused —… 1
…ween certain Vedic truths and modern discoveries, for example in the field of mathematics, psychology, memory-training, linguistics, (as in the value of Sanskrit as a perfect tool for speech training as well as computer language), etc. The neat, solid world of physical matter is collapsing into a da… 1
…and for the relationship that it bears to other great classical languages of the Indo-European family and languages belonging to other families, is of tremendous and continuing significance. It is a living laboratory of linguistics and phonetics, because Sanskrit is a language that is classical but… 1
…ight to live, to be ourselves, to set our seal once more upon the world.”[12] Mangesh Nadkarni (Mangesh Nadkarni retired as professor of Linguistics a few years ago. He enjoys sharing with as many people as possible what he receives from his study of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother.) References:… 1
…of Sanskrit. It is significant that when the bill on the National Language of India was being discussed in the Constituent Assembly, soon after independence, it was a Muslim, Shri Najiruddin Ahmed, who proposed that the national language of India should be Sanskrit. He asked rhetorically, “If… 1
