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M.B. Richards et al Aryan Invasion DNA data are mostly
wrong and confabulated -- Premendra Priyadarshi

June 29, 2017

"Interestingly one of the popular academic volumes
recently published in France is called 'Mais o� sont
pass�s les Indo-Europ�ens?' by Jean-Paul Demoule which
demonstrates quite scientifically that the story of Indo-
Europeans moving about Eurasia and bringing their
civilization from Europe to India is in fact
untenable." -- Come Carpentier

There is an axiom in IT: Garbage in, Garbage out. This
seems to have happened with M.B. Richards et al trying to
use genetics to justify fraudulent Aryan Invasion Theory.
Read on Premendra Priyadarshi's review of the unreliable
and false article of M.B. Richards et al.

S. Kalyanaraman
Sarasvati Research Center

Continues at:

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Om Shanti

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One historian asked:
if all people in India have the same origin,
why have they different colour of skin?

Simo Runnel,
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Forwarded message from S. Kalyanaraman

Monday, July 18, 2011

Harvard Donkey trial and equus sivalensis of India which
debunks the AIT horse import theory

http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.com/2011/07/harvard-donkey-trial-and-equus.html

Harvard Donkey trial and equus sivalensis of India which
debunks the AIT horse import theory

Sottovoce: Harvard Donkey Trial is another name for the
CAPEEM lawsuit argued in a California court in the
context questioning reliance on AIT theory in California
Textbooks. A Harvard argument was that what was referred
to as horse in ancient texts of India was in fact a
donkey.

Thanks to Rohit Sikka for the exquisite reference cited at

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/IndiaArchaeology/message/12791

- S. Kalyanaraman

Twenty Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Animal
Industry for the Year 1910 (Feb. 10, 1912) United States
Bureau of Animal Industry

Here are some key excerpts from the report which should
set AIT Arabian horse-import into India proponents to
rethink and examine the possibility that references to
horses in the Rigveda may refer to equus sivalensis type
of horses (NOT donkeys as shown in the Harvard Donkey
Trial). Note: Note: It is likely that the tonga-s found
on the village streets on the foothills of Siwalik ranges
are in fact carts drawn by the species of small types of
equus sivalensis.

Excerpts:

In a paper published in 1904: on The Multiple Origin of
Horses and Ponies,^ I recognized three distinct types of
horses, viz, the Prejvalsky, Celtie, and Norse types. In
1907 I pointed out that these three types might be known
as the "steppe," "plateau," and "forest" types,' and in
1909 added the " Siwalik " type to include horses allied
to Equus sivalensis of the Indian Pliocene deposits.*
(p.163)

Up to the end of last century it was generally taken for
granted that in all the modern horses the face is nearly
in a line with the cranium, that horses with short-
pillared molars have long been extinct, and that the
broad cannon (metacarpal and metatarsal) bones of Shires
and Clydesdales are the product of artificial selection.
Now, however, it is realized (1) that though in some
modem breeds the face is short and in a line with the
cranium, in others it is long and so strongly bent
downward that it forms, as in the Baringo zebra, an angle
of nearly 20 deg. with the cranium; (2) that in some
fossil Pleistocene horses the cannon bones are relatively
as short and broad as in Shires and Clydesdales, and (3)
that in some modern horses the internal pillar of the
molars is as short as in the oldest true horse hitherto
discovered -- ^the Equus sivalensis of the Siwalik hills
of northern India. The only horse skulls from the
Pleistocene deposits of Europe, sufficiently well
preserved to admit of the relation of the face to the
cranium being accurately determined, are those found in
the grottoes of Grimaldi near Mentone, and the only well-
preserved Pliocene horse skulls hitherto found in Asia
belong to Equus sivalensis of India. But notwithstanding
the absence of well preserved skulls it has been possible
by making use of new methods to obtain a considerable
amount of evidence in support of the view that domestic
horses had a multiple origin, that they include amongst
their ancestors not only varieties allied to the wild
horse which still survives in Mongolia, and varieties
adapted for a forest life, but also varieties specialized
for ranging over boundless deserts and plateaus, and for
living amongst foothills and upland valleys.(p.165)

Bearing all these facts in mind, it may be provisionally
assumed that Equus silvalensis of India was a tall,
broad-browed horse characterized by a long, tapering
deflected face and an interorbital prominence, a long
neck, high withers, and a high-set-on tail. As Arabs and
Indian horses with a prominence between the eyes are
usually fleet but of an uncertain temper, it is extremely
probable that Equus sivalensis belonged to a fleet race
characterized by an indomitable disposition. (p.174)

Source:

http://www.jrbooksonline.com/HTML-docs/OUT%20OF%20STEP.htm

Out of step by Arnold Spencer Leese (c. 1951).

Horse-drawn carriage used in Allahabad.

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSwlUH93Q15vZikQK-l0msKXORWvbDOaoxuTpmAHqZLfZJeg6lxBA

Horse-drawn tongas transport pilgrims around the many sights in town.
Rajgir, Bihar.

http://www.archive.org/stream/annualreportbur03indugoog/annualreportbur03indugoog_djvu.txt

The multiple origin of horses and ponies (1904) by J.
Cossar Ewart Nature, Volume 69, Issue 1799, pp. 590-596
(1904). DOI: 10.1038/069590a0

Full text of the article at

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v69/n1799/pdf/069590a0.pdf

(Purchase costs US $32).

Abstract

Now that systematic attempts are being made to improve
native breeds of horses in various parts of the world, it
is obviously desirable to settle once for all whether, as
is alleged, occidental as well as oriental and African
races and breeds have sprung from the same wild
progenitors, and more especially if all ponies are merely
dwarf specimens of one or more of the recognised domestic
breeds of horses. To be in a position to arrive at a
conclusion as to the origin of the various kinds of
domestic horses, and at the same time find an answer to
the important and oft-repeated question, What is a pony?

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Forwarded message from S. Kalyanaraman

Two genetic studies negate the indological ATT, AMT, AIT

Two genetic studies by scientists including Gyaneshwer
Chaubey and Toomas Kivisild which negate the Aryan Trickle-
in/ Tourist/Migration /Invasion Theory and point to the
indigenous and autochthonous evolution of populations and
languages of Bharatam that is India.

Congratulations to Gyaneshwer Chaubey and the team of
researchers led by Toomas Kivisild .

- S. Kalyanaraman

Int J Hum Genet, 8(1-2): 41-50 (2008)

Language Shift by Indigenous Population: A Model Genetic
Study in South Asia

Gyaneshwer Chaubey1,2*, Mait Metspalu1, Monika Karmin1,
Kumarasamy Thangaraj2, Siiri Rootsi1, Juri Parik1, Anu
Solnik1, Deepa Selvi Rani2, Vijay Kumar Singh2, B. Prathap
Naidu,

Alla G. Reddy2, Ene Metspalu1, Lalji Singh2, Toomas
Kivisild1,3 and Richard Villems1

1. Department of Evolutionary Biology, Institute of
Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu and
Estonian Biocentre, Tartu, Estonia 2. Centre for Cellular
and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India 3. Leverhulme
Centre of Human Evolutionary Studies, The Henry Wellcome
Building, University of Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Street,
Cambridge, CB2 1QH, UK

KEYWORDS Mushar; language shift; mtDNA; Y-chromosome

ABSTRACT Language shift is a phenomenon where a new
language is adopted by a population with virtually no
influence on its genetic makeup. We report here the results
of a case study, carried out on the Mushar populations,
which is thought to have undergone language shift from
Munda (an Austro-Asiatic language) to Hindi (an Indo-
European language). We compared the mtDNA and Y-chromosomal
phylogenies of this population with those of the
neighbouring Indo-European and Austro-Asiatic speaking
populations, standing at similar social status. The results
revealed much closer genetic affinity of the Mushar people
to the neighbouring Austro-Asiatic (Mundari) populations,
than to the neighbouring Hindi-speaking populations. This
example shows that the language shift as such is not
necessarily a signal for a rapid genetic admixture, either
maternally or paternally.

Corresponding Author: Gyaneshwer Chaubey,

Department of Evolutionary Biology, Tartu University

and Estonian Biocentre, Riia 23 Tartu, 51010

Estonia Telephone: (372) 7 375 052 Fax: (372) 7 420 194

E-mail: gy...@ebc.ee

Full text can be downloaded from: http://tinyurl.com/2z3tcb

Hum Hered 2008;66:1-9 DOI: 10.1159/000114160

Maternal Footprints of Southeast Asians in North India

Kumarasamy Thangaraj a Gyaneshwer Chaubey a, b, n Toomas
Kivisild b, c Deepa Selvi Rani a Vijay Kumar Singh a
Thanseem Ismail a Denise Carvalho-Silva d Mait Metspalu b
L.V.K.S. Bhaskar aAlla G. Reddy a Sarat Chandra e Veena
Pande f B. Prathap Naidu a Niharika Adarsh gAbhilasha Verma
h Inaganti Amara Jyothi i Chandana Basu Mallick j Nidhi
Shrivastava k Ragala Devasena l Babita Kumari m Amit Kumar
Singh n Shailendra Kumar Dhar Dwivedi n Shefali Singh n
Geeta Rao n Pranav Gupta n Vartika Sonvane o Kavita Kumari
m Afsar Basha p

K.R. Bhargavi i Albert Lalremruata q Arvind Kumar Gupta j
Gurukamal Kaur r K.K. Reddy s A. Papa Rao s Richard Villems
b Chris Tyler-Smith d Lalji Singh a *

a Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad,
India; b Estonian Biocentre and Tartu University, Tartu,
Estonia;c Leverhulme Centre of Human Evolutionary Studies,
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, d The Wellcome
TrustSanger Institute, Hinxton Cambs, UK; e Nagaland
University, Nagaland, f Kumaun University, Nainital, g BIMR
College ofLife Science, Gwalior, h Bundelkhand University,
Jhansi, i JJ College of Arts and Science, Pudukottai, j APS
University,Rewa, k GGD University, Bilaspur, l DS College
of Arts and Science for women, Perambalur, m TM Bhagalpur
University,Bhagalpu r, n VBS Purvanchal University,
Jaunpur, o BarkatUllah University, Bhopal, p St. Josph's PG
College, Kurnool,q Loyola College, Chennai, r Guru Nanak
Dev University, s S. V. University, Tirupati, India

Abstract

We have analyzed 7,137 samples from 125 different caste,
tribal and religious groups of India and 99 samples from
three populations of Nepal for the length variation in the
COII/tRNA Lys region of mtDNA. Samples showing length
variation were subjected to detailed phylogenetic analysis
based on HVS-I and informative coding region sequence
variation. The overall frequencies of the 9-bp deletion and
insertion variants in South Asia were 1.9 and 0.6%,
respectively. We have also defined a novel deep-rooting
haplogroup M43 and identified the rare haplogroup H14 in
Indian populations carrying the 9-bp deletion by complete
mtDNA sequencing. Moreover, we redefined haplogroup M6 and
dissected it into two well-defined subclades. The presence
of haplogroups F1 and B5a in Uttar Pradesh suggests minor
maternal contribution from Southeast Asia to Northern
India. The occurrence of haplogroup F1 in the Nepalese
sample implies that Nepal might have served as a bridge for
the flow of eastern lineages to India. The presence of R6
in the Nepalese, on the other hand, suggests that the gene
flow between India and Nepal has been reciprocal.

Received: March 21, 2007

Accepted after revision: August 27, 2007

Published online: January 28, 2008

Dr. Lalji Singh/Dr. K. Thangaraj

Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road,
Hyderabad-500 007 (India)

Tel. +91 40 2716 0789, Fax +91 40 2716 0591

E-Mail la...@ccmb.res.in , tha...@ccmb.res.in

http://tinyurl.com/yrdz5b

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Forwarded message from M.

Another instance of genetics going against AIT/AMT

Friday, May 27, 2011

http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/living/the-story-of-our-origins

Excepts below (emphasis added):

I feel *R1a1 originated here and contributed to Central
Asia* rather than the other way around

- RNK Bamezai, director of the National Centre of Applied
Human Genetics

Many major rival models of the origin of the Hindu caste
system co-exist despite extensive studies, each with
associated genetic evidences. One of the major factors
that has still kept the origin of the Indian caste system
obscure is the unresolved question of the origin of Y-
haplogroup R1a1, at times associated with a male-mediated
major genetic influx from Central Asia or Eurasia, which
has contributed to the higher castes in India. Y-
haplogroup R1a1 has a widespread distribution and high
frequency across Eurasia, Central Asia and the Indian
subcontinent... To resolve these issues, we screened 621
Y-chromosomes (of Brahmins occupying the upper-most caste
position and schedule castes/tribals occupying the lower-
most positions)... for conclusions. A peculiar
observation of the highest frequency (up to 72.22%) of Y-
haplogroup R1a1 in Brahmins hinted at its presence as a
founder lineage for this caste group. Further,
observation of R1a1 in different tribal population
groups, existence of Y-haplogroup R1a in ancestors, and
extended phylogenetic analyses of the pooled dataset of
530 Indians, 224 Pakistanis and 276 Central Asians and
Eurasians bearing the R1a1 haplogroup *supported the
autochthonous [indigenous] origin of R1a1 lineage in
India** and a tribal link to Indian Brahmins.*

- From a 2009 paper in Journal of Human Genetics by
Bamezai, et. al.

Thus, a large part of Central Asia, Southern Russia,
Ukraine onwards to the Czech Republic may well be
populated by a 15,000-year-old *migration from India*.

..the proportion of R1a1 in some Brahmin groups such as
those of West Bengal is as high as 72 per cent. This
indicates that the origins of Brahmins as a caste may
well lie in the R1a1 haplogroup. But since the antiquity
of the Ra1a haplogroup in tribals such as Central India�s
Sahariyas is older than it is among Brahmins, it is
reasonable to believe that *Brahmins may not be entrants
from outside but may have originated as a caste from the
tribal population of this country.*

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Arindam Banerjee posted:

. . . Hindutva is a political position and
I am not political.

What Hindutva seeks

Ashutosh Varshney's analysis misinterprets Savarkar's own
writings.

Written by Ram Madhav
Saturday, March 29, 2014

Hinduness as a cultural identity that this ancient nation
has come to acquire is what Hindu nationalists have
always propagated.

Referring to V.D. Savarkar's Hindutva as the basic work
of Hindu nationalists, Ashutosh Varshney highlights what
he surmises as the "three ideas" that constitute the
"thematic core" of their ideology ('Modi the Moderate',
IE, March 27). First, Hindus are the primary, or
exclusive, owners of the Indian nation. India is a Hindu
rashtra (nation). Second, two minorities -- Christians and
especially Muslims -- have a profound, ambivalent
relationship with India. Third, caste divisions within
Hinduism and caste-based politics need to be minimised,
for they undermine Hindu unity. The lower castes should
follow the Brahminical model of Hinduism.

Hinduness as a cultural identity that this ancient nation
has come to acquire is what Hindu nationalists have
always propagated. In this proposition, Hindu doesn't
represent any religion or mode of worship. Instead, it is
a set of values that have come to be known as the
Sanatana Dharma. Savarkar himself had given a clear
definition to the word "Hindu" in his book: Aasindhu
sindhu paryantaa Yasya Bharata Bhoomika/ Pitrubhu
Punyabhuchaiva Tavai Hinduriti Smritah. Translated,
"Those who regard this land of Bharat spread between the
river Sindhu (in the north) and the ocean Sindhu (Sindhu
Sagar -- Indian Ocean in the south) as their Pitrubhumi
(fatherland) and Punyabhumi (holy land) are called
Hindus".

It is more about an emotional bonding with the country in
which they were born. But Savarkar never differentiated
Hindus and Muslims as superior and inferior. In the
manifesto of "Hindu Rashtra", which Varshney had referred
to as the basic text, Savarkar states: "Religious
minorities will have all the right to practise their
religion in a Hindu Rashtra and the state will ensure
that; but the Hindu Rashra won't allow creation of a
nation within a nation in the name of religious
minoritysm." What's wrong with it? This is exactly the
situation in the country where Varshney has grown up and
prospered, the United States.

Continues at:

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Origin and Development of Indian Languages

The Hans India
July 27, 2015

Ever since human beings have invented scripts, writing
has reflected the culture, lifestyle, society and the
polity of contemporary society. In the process, each
culture evolved its own language and created a huge
literary base. This literary base of a civilisation tells
us about the evolution of each of its languages and
culture through the span of centuries.

Role of Sanskrit

Sanskrit is the mother of many Indian languages. The
Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas and Dharmasutras are all
written in Sanskrit. There is also a variety of secular
and regional literature. By reading about the languages
and literature created in the past, we shall be able to
understand our civilization better and appreciate the
diversity and richness of our culture.

All this was possible because of the language that
developed during that time. Sanskrit is the most ancient
language of our country. It is one of the twenty-two
languages listed in the Indian Constitution .The
literature in Sanskrit is vast, beginning with the most
ancient thought embodied in the Rig Veda, the oldest
literary heritage of mankind, and the Zend Avesta.

It was Sanskrit that gave impetus to the study of
linguistics scientifically during the eighteenth century.
The great grammarian Panini, analysed Sanskrit and its
word formation in his unrivalled descriptive grammar
Ashtadhyayi. . . .

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The myth of the aryan invasion

By Swami B.V. Giri

http://gosai.com/writings/the-myth-of-the-aryan-invasion

Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
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uNmaiviLambi <tripur...@yahoo.com> posted:

Great article. AIT is a myth perpetrated by colonisers to
demoralize Hindus to make them feel their culture came
from Europe and also that they are also alien after all
so Europeans can stay and conquer us. This also can make
us feel guilty, that we usurped some one else's country.
Europeans are so used to aggressive barbarism by northern
Europeans, they saw others in the same light. All they
can think of is race,migration, conquest and killings.
- uNmaiviLambi

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Book review

Myth of the Aryan Invasion of India

By David Frawley
Amazon.com: Books

Review:

An Eye-opener

By "ka_shrinivaasan"
September 17, 2003

David Frwaley has done a great job of bringing some
buried truths to light. The English colonialists divided
India through their clandestine theory of aryan invasion.
I would pose one question to proponents of aryan invasion
theory: Where are the evidences which CONCLUSIVELY prove
that aryans invaded India and destroyed Harappan
civilization? I have read in history books (written by
marxist historians) that Harappans did not know about
horse. But 5000 year old Horse bones have been excavated
at Harappa and other indus valley sites. A maritime
civilzation dating back to 8000 years has been recently
unearthed near Dholavira (Gujarat) which used seals
strikingly similar to harappan seals. Above all the
recent decipherment of Indus script by Shri N Jha and N S
Rajaram is a final nail in its coffin. I would suggest
that everyone should also read "Deciphered Indus Script"
written by them. It has a clean and incontrovertible
methodology which leads us to believe that something is
terribly wrong with Aryan Invasion theory. Moreover the
whole aryan invasion theory has its basis on Max
mueller's 1500 BC date to Rig vedas. But the irony is
that Max mueller himself, in his last years, suspected
the date he assigned to rig veda (refer few of his
letters).

http://www.amazon.com/Aryan-Invasion-India-David-Frawley/dp/8185990204

Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
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Dingbat <ranjit_...@yahoo.com> followed-up with:

Take revenge. Divide Britain with the theory of Germanic
invasion of Britain.

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Sanskrit is our cultural heritage: President APJ Abdul Kalam

Forwarded message from S. Kalyanaraman

[ Thu, Feb 1, 2007

Sanskrit is our cultural heritage: President APJ Abdul Kalam

Kalam on why Sanskrit is important

By Syed Amin Jafri in Hyderabad
Thursday, February 1, 2007

President A P J Abdul Kalam on Thursday termed Guru
Raghavendraswamy of Mantralayam as a 'divine soul' and
recalled the rich cultural heritage of Sanskrit in Indian
history.

Dr Kalam interacted with the students of Sree Guru
Sarvabhouma Sanskrit Vidyapeetam at Mantralayam in Kurnool
district. Reciting the *Moola Mantram*of
Raghavendraswamigal, he said "We worship Guru
Raghavendraswamy, the divine soul who practiced and taught
truth and *dharma* (the right conduct). We chant his name
as *Kalpavrisha* (the giver of limitless material wealth)
and bow before him as *Kamadenu* (the giver of spiritual
knowledge)."

"Though I am not an expert in Sanskrit, I have many friends
who are proficient in Sanskrit. Sanskrit is a beautiful
language. It has enriched our society from time immemorial.
Today many nations are trying to research Sanskrit writings
which are there in our ancient scriptures. I understand
that there is a wealth of knowledge available in Sanskrit
which scientists and technologists are finding today," he
said.

"There is a need to carry out research on our Vedas,
particularly Atharvana Veda, for eliciting valuable
information in science and technology relating to medicine,
flight sciences, material sciences and many other related
fields. Cryptology is another area where Sanskrit language
is liberally used," he added.

He suggested that the Sanskrit Vidyapeetam, apart from
their academic activity, should take up the task of
locating missing literature in Sanskrit available on palm
leaves spread in different parts of the country so that
these could be documented and preserved. He suggested that
they should avail the help of digital technology for
documenting those scriptures both in audio and video form
which can be preserved as long term wealth for use by many
generations?

He asked the Sanskrit Vidyapeetam to should go into details
of lives of great scholars, poets, epic creators like
Valmiki, Veda Vyas, Kalidas and Panini. He wanted the
Vidyapeetam to invite well-known Sanskrit scholars so that
they can stay and interact with the students for a certain
period.

"This will provide an opportunity for students to interact
and get enriched in Sanskrit and Vedas," he noted.

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*INTERACTION WITH THE STUDENTS OF SREE GURU SARVABHOUMA SANSKRIT
VIDYAPEETAM, MANTRALAYAM*

*Speech In: *[PDF Format] http://presidentofindia.nic.in/presentation/splangnewPDF%20Format961.pdf

01-02-2007 : Mantralayam

Sanskrit is our Cultural Heritage

"Learning gives creativity"

I am indeed delighted to interact with the students of Sree
Guru Sarvabhouma Sanskrit Vidyapeetam in the serene
environment of Mantralayam. After you complete your eight
year course, twelve year course or seven your course, what
you will be? You will be a great teacher. You have to
acquire the qualities of teaching and carry the tradition
of Raghavendraswamy. Wherever you are and whatever task you
perform the devotees will treat you as Gurus and the
foundation for a such a Guru comes from this institution. I
congratulate the teachers who are constantly shaping you
towards a noble profession which you will be following in
your later years. When I am with you, I would like to
recite the Moola mantram of Raghavendraswamigal.

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We worship Guru Raghavendraswamy, the divine soul who
practiced and taught truth and dharma (the right conduct).
We chant his name as Kalpavrisha (the giver of limitless
material wealth) and bow before him as Kamadenu (the giver
of spiritual knowledge).

My Experience with Sanskrit Scholars

I have come across two great teachers, one in the primary
school and another in the St. Joseph's College. My primary
school teacher Sri Sivasubramanya Iyer was a great Sanskrit
scholar apart from being my science teacher. Everyday he
used to perform Sandhya Vandanam three times a day and
Bhagavatam. My college teacher Prof Thothathri Iyengar who
taught me complex numbers and number theory was also a
Sanskrit scholar.

While the base of these two great teachers was science and
mathematics, their life was shaped by the ancient wisdom of
Sanskrit scholarship. Recently, I have come across a great
scholar Dr MA Lakshmi Tathachar of Sanskrit Academy,
Melkote, Karnataka who has been carrying out intensive
research in Sanskrit including the agriculture using
organic farming. Such is the richness of Sanskrit and I am
happy that Sanskrit Vidyapeetam is preserving and nurturing
this great language.

Richness of Sanskrit

Though I am not an expert in Sanskrit, I have many friends
who are proficient in Sanskrit. Sanskrit is a beautiful
language. It has enriched our society from time immemorial.
Today many nations are trying to research on the Sanskrit
writings which are there in our ancient scriptures. I
understand that there is a wealth of knowledge available in
Sanskrit which the scientists and technologists are finding
today. There is a need to carry out research on our Vedas
particularly Atharvana Veda for eliciting many valuable
information in Science and Technology relating to medicine,
flight sciences, material sciences and many other related
fields. Cryptology is another area where Sanskrit language
is liberally used.

Tasks for Sanskrit Vidyapeetam

I would suggest the Sanskrit Vidyapeetam apart from their
academic activity can take up the location of the missing
literature in Sanskrit available in palm leaves spread in
different parts of the country so that they can be
documented and preserved. For this I would suggest that
they can avail the help of technology available in digital
library for documenting those scriptures both in audio and
video form which can be preserved as long term wealth for
use by many generations. For this purpose, the Academy can
get in touch with Prof N. Balakrishnan of the Indian
Institute of Science, Bangalore who is piloting a digital
library project for India.

In the Sanskrit Vidyapeetam you should go into details of
lives of great scholars, poets, epic creators like Valmiki,
Veda Vyasa, Kalidasa and Panini. I would suggest that the
Vidyapeetam may invite a few scholars who have been awarded
Certificate of Honour in Sanskrit and Maharishi Badrayan
Vyas Samman for young scholars by the Government of India
so that these scholars can stay and interact with the
students for a certain period.

This will provide an opportunity for the students to
interact and get enriched in Sanskrit and Vedas.

Knowledge acquisition and retention

Now, I would like to play an audio CD which highlights the
importance of the Vedas and also how the Vedas nourish our
mind, memory and intellect.

This has been rendered by Tatwamasi Dixit, founder Ojas
Foundation, Chennai. I would like to play the song first:

A. O Lord Soorya! Augment my direct perception, my ability
to infer, and help me to retain the Vedic teachings for
posterity.

B. I invite Medha Devi (retention power) and Maneesha Devi
(absorbing power) into my mind to expand the past and
future knowledge even whilst the present knowledge is being
thoroughly assimilated. (Track 11 - A &B)

A Prayer to Medha (power of retention) and Maneesha (power
of assimilation). They should come together and help the
devotee to assimilate the present knowledge in relation to
the past and the future. In other words, while the power of
retention will help the devotee to understand the past and
the present, the power of assimilation will help him to
learn the lessons for the future from the past and present
experiences.

My best wishes to all the students and Acharyas of Sree
Guru Sarvabhouma Sanskrit Vidyapeetam for success in their
preservation and promotion of Sanskrit.

May God bless you.

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Mark Twain's tribute to Bharatam: "India is, the cradle of
the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother
of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand
mother of tradition. our most valuable and most instructive
materials in the history of man are treasured up in India
only."

End of forwarded message from S. Kalyanaraman

Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
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