The Vedangas the auxillary sciences of the veda consists of phonetics, ritual, grammar, etymology, meters and astronomy. there are also references to a variety of occupations that include shipwork medicine agriculture metal working weaving animal husbandry which are all based on systematic study and in corresponding sciences. references to bhisaj physician, the Atarvaveda describes the anatomy of the human body in detail with a very good accuracy. these studies and sciences existed and were later lost. it was however discovered by Vysa the son of Parasara. who rediscovered the alphabets. Vedic people were indegenous to India. the Indian tradition shows that it is the only tradition to have a continuity traced back to 7000BC. the most successful period being the Indus Sarasvathy tradition during the Harappan period 2600 to 1900 BC the settlements two thirds of it being along the Sarasvati river. recent studies have shown how this river dried up around 1900 B. C.
the catastrophic break with the drying up of the river. The Vedic system is a fully developed system based on the theory of the universe and consciousness. Life comes with its inner clock. Living organisms have rhythms that are matched to the periods of the sun or the moon. an example the potato has a variation in its metabolic process that is matched to the sidereal day, the 23 hour 56 minute period of rotation of the earth relative to the fixed stars. the cicadas come in many species including ones that appear yearly in mid summer. the best known amongst the others are the ones that have 13 year and seventeen year periods. the biological clocks are quiet precise the 24 hour according to the day, 24 hour 50 minutes according to the lunar day since the moon rises 50 minutes later every day or its half representing 29.5 days the period from one new moon to the next. ( common people to this day still believe in this system will not trim their hair when the moon is on the descent as they believe for progress and growth the ascending moon period are good times.) monthly rhythms averaging 29.5 days are reflected in the reproductive cycles of many marine plants and those of animals as well.some even correspond to the periods of the planets. where the biological periodicities are of longer duration. new reserch supports this biological clock for humans by tradition correspond to the moons motion infact menses means lunar month.
from the prespective of the ancient indians their emphasis on time bound rituals and the calendar, many of the biological periods were discovered by them, the menstrual cycle and its connections with the moon, the life cycle of various plants, the semimonthly estrus cycle of sheep, the three week cycles of cattle and pigs, the six month cycle of dogs etc. it is then quiet clear that the ancient calendar with its intercalary month every third year was a direct result of the lunar cycles.
the rhythms matched closely to the principal astronomical periods, also noticed might be the less obvious cycles matching other heavenly bodies. these equivalences were considered as manifestations of the motions of the body's inner planets developing a yoga system thus grew the importance given to astrology. certain animals were regarded as special owing to their gestation periods ass 365 days, baboon 183 days, cat 63 days, cow 280 days closest to man hence considered sacred. dog 61 days, elephant 645 days, goat 151 days, horse 337 days, man 267 days, rabbit 31 days, sheep 148 days etc.
its no wonder then the ass is used as a symbol for the year in the Satapata Brahmana. the horse with only a days difference for the Naksatra year336 days. the sacred baboon exactly half the solar year.
the catastrophic break with the drying up of the river. The Vedic system is a fully developed system based on the theory of the universe and consciousness. Life comes with its inner clock. Living organisms have rhythms that are matched to the periods of the sun or the moon. an example the potato has a variation in its metabolic process that is matched to the sidereal day, the 23 hour 56 minute period of rotation of the earth relative to the fixed stars. the cicadas come in many species including ones that appear yearly in mid summer. the best known amongst the others are the ones that have 13 year and seventeen year periods. the biological clocks are quiet precise the 24 hour according to the day, 24 hour 50 minutes according to the lunar day since the moon rises 50 minutes later every day or its half representing 29.5 days the period from one new moon to the next. ( common people to this day still believe in this system will not trim their hair when the moon is on the descent as they believe for progress and growth the ascending moon period are good times.) monthly rhythms averaging 29.5 days are reflected in the reproductive cycles of many marine plants and those of animals as well.some even correspond to the periods of the planets. where the biological periodicities are of longer duration. new reserch supports this biological clock for humans by tradition correspond to the moons motion infact menses means lunar month.
from the prespective of the ancient indians their emphasis on time bound rituals and the calendar, many of the biological periods were discovered by them, the menstrual cycle and its connections with the moon, the life cycle of various plants, the semimonthly estrus cycle of sheep, the three week cycles of cattle and pigs, the six month cycle of dogs etc. it is then quiet clear that the ancient calendar with its intercalary month every third year was a direct result of the lunar cycles.
the rhythms matched closely to the principal astronomical periods, also noticed might be the less obvious cycles matching other heavenly bodies. these equivalences were considered as manifestations of the motions of the body's inner planets developing a yoga system thus grew the importance given to astrology. certain animals were regarded as special owing to their gestation periods ass 365 days, baboon 183 days, cat 63 days, cow 280 days closest to man hence considered sacred. dog 61 days, elephant 645 days, goat 151 days, horse 337 days, man 267 days, rabbit 31 days, sheep 148 days etc.
its no wonder then the ass is used as a symbol for the year in the Satapata Brahmana. the horse with only a days difference for the Naksatra year336 days. the sacred baboon exactly half the solar year.
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