VEDIC PHYSICS       Also by the author India before Alexander A New Chronology India after Alexander The Age of Vikramādityas India after Vikramāditya The Melting Pot     Vedic Physics Scientific Origin of Hinduism                 Raja Ram Mohan Roy PhD             Mount Meru Publishing Copyright 2015 by Raja Ram Mohan Roy   All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including copying photocopying scanning and recording or by any information storage and retrieval system without written permission from the author except for the material already in public domain or for the inclusion of brief quotations for research or review   The views expressed in this book belong solely to the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher Neither the author nor publisher is liable for any loss or damages resulting from the use of information presented in this book Neither the author nor publisher makes any representation or warranty with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information presented in this book    Originally published in 1999 by Golden Egg Publishing 1245 Dupont Street PO Box 99045 Toronto Ontario Canada  M6H 4H7   This electronic version published in 2015 by Mount Meru publishing PO Box 30026 Cityside Postal Outlet PO Mississauga Ontario Canada      L4Z 0B6 Email mountmerupublishinggmailcom   ISBN 9780968412039             Dedicated to Vedic Sages     CONTENTS FOREWORD PREFACE 1 THE VEDIC LEGACY 11 The Vedas 12 The Vedas and cosmology 13 The Indus Valley Civilization and the Mahābhārata war 14 The Avestā 15 The Brāhmaṇas 16 The Āraṇyakas and the Upaniṣads 17 The Sūtra literature 18 The Vedāṅgas Pariśiṣṭas and Anukramaṇis 19 The Purāṇas 110 Meanings of the Vedas 111 The dating of Vedas 112 Commentators on the Vedas 2 THE TIME BEFORE TIME 21 The golden womb 22 Water everywhere 23 Deluge that never came 24 The Creator 3 ALL THIS IS PURUṢA 31 The Puruṣa hymn 32 Man in the image of God 33 Secret of the Unicorn 34 Puruṣa sacrifice 35 The concept of paradise 36 The Prajāpati 4 THE EXPANDING EGG 41 The expanding universe 42 The birth of gods 43 The dead egg 44 The Lord of expansion 45 Puruṣa and Aditi 46 Agastya and Lopāmudra 5 EDGE OF THE UNIVERSE 51 Indra and Vṛtra 52 Frog who drank all the waters 53 Electric force 54 Surface tension 55 Slaying of Varāha 56 Bubbles and voids in space 57 Deeds of Indra 58 Indra the Bull 59 Mighty Hercules 510 Serpent as evil 6 PARALLEL SPACES 61 Three spaces 62 The steps of Viṣṇu 63 The hidden spaces 7 THE SEAT OF IMMORTALITY 71 The wedding of Vivasvāna 72 The field 73 Fabric of the universe 74 Heaven and Earth 75 The cosmic tree 76 The giant tortoise 77 The