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RAMAYAN: An Ancient Galactic Saga
Timeless epic of ancient India, narrated as a Galactic Saga...
An epitome of literary achievement from bygone epoch, Rāmāyan has been retold many times in the past. Believed to have been recorded during the dawn of civilisations on planet Earth, its real origin is still shrouded in mystery.
Few of the enigmas that surround Rāmāyan:-
* Did Rāmāyan actually occur during an ancient era of advanced civilisations on planet Earth, like the scriptures seem to imply... well before the catastrophic global floods or Pralay? Did the cataclysmic destruction of their way of life during Pralay, compel mankind to restart history from primitive levels?
* Did the 'Aryan' survivors of Pralay migrate to locations like Indus valley, thereby introducing Vedic culture and the language of Sanskrit across India and other regions of the world?
* Was Rāmāyan reconstructed by Valmiki many millennia later, based on fragmented remains of its original content? Was the translated version coloured by the retrograde socio-tech situation prevalent during his times, thereby limiting its scope to terrestrial ambience? Is that why there are contradictory descriptions like hi-tech air/space crafts, genetic engineering etc within a relatively primitive backdrop (e.g. the seemingly impossible application of rudimentary weapons like bows to launch powerful cosmic missiles)?
Over the course of future, mankind would surely develop many highly advanced technologies like mind-controlled air/space crafts... similar to the 'Pushpak Viman', described in Rāmāyan. Within a fictional context, this book explores the possibility that our ancients had not only progressed on such a path, but were also connected with other advanced civilisations across the galaxy.
While the theme of this book is based on what we've learnt through astrophysics over the past century as well as cosmology mentioned in ancient scriptures, the author has attempted to project both science and spirituality as inseparable sides of the same coin. The reader may at times need to refer the glossary to understand the full meaning of a few Sanskrit words.
ality.
An epitome of literary achievement from bygone epoch, Rāmāyan has been retold many times in the past. Believed to have been recorded during the dawn of civilisations on planet Earth, its real origin is still shrouded in mystery.
Few of the enigmas that surround Rāmāyan:-
* Did Rāmāyan actually occur during an ancient era of advanced civilisations on planet Earth, like the scriptures seem to imply... well before the catastrophic global floods or Pralay? Did the cataclysmic destruction of their way of life during Pralay, compel mankind to restart history from primitive levels?
* Did the 'Aryan' survivors of Pralay migrate to locations like Indus valley, thereby introducing Vedic culture and the language of Sanskrit across India and other regions of the world?
* Was Rāmāyan reconstructed by Valmiki many millennia later, based on fragmented remains of its original content? Was the translated version coloured by the retrograde socio-tech situation prevalent during his times, thereby limiting its scope to terrestrial ambience? Is that why there are contradictory descriptions like hi-tech air/space crafts, genetic engineering etc within a relatively primitive backdrop (e.g. the seemingly impossible application of rudimentary weapons like bows to launch powerful cosmic missiles)?
Over the course of future, mankind would surely develop many highly advanced technologies like mind-controlled air/space crafts... similar to the 'Pushpak Viman', described in Rāmāyan. Within a fictional context, this book explores the possibility that our ancients had not only progressed on such a path, but were also connected with other advanced civilisations across the galaxy.
While the theme of this book is based on what we've learnt through astrophysics over the past century as well as cosmology mentioned in ancient scriptures, the author has attempted to project both science and spirituality as inseparable sides of the same coin. The reader may at times need to refer the glossary to understand the full meaning of a few Sanskrit words.
ality.
279 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 9, 2019
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M. Vizhakat
7 books35 followersM. Vizhakat is a decorated army veteran, who's field of interests include the close connection between action, philosophy, science and spirituality.
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