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I wrote three research articles on VS here from 2012. This is the fourth one.
Sahasra means 1000; praising God with 1008 names is unique to Hinduism. It has been there for more than 2000 years ; this we know from Tamil references to 1000 names very often in its literature. The very word 1000 occurs many times in the Rig Veda, the oldest book in the world. Because of Hindus’ discovery of ZERO and decimal system, we are able to launch space shuttles and satellites ; without Hindu numerals no country in the world could have achieved anything.
Tamil word for 1000, AAYIRAM, also came from Sanskrit SAHASRA, according to all linguists.
Vishnu Sahasranaama (V.S.) is the oldest available sahasranaama; later other sahasranaamams were composed.
In V.S. we find Botany, Big Bang Theory, Number Symbolism, History, Zoology, Invention of Flags, Stars, Mysterious Soma plant, Medicine, Magical cures, Sound Effect, Concept of Time, Metals, Linguistics (Metaphors, similes), colours, names of all Hindu Gods etc.
If one reads Adi Shankara’s commentary on V.S, one could discover more wonders.
Tamil Veda Tirukkural echoes many points found in VS.
Tamil Tirumanthiram (3000 hymns) followed it in many places.
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BIG BANG THEORY
The big bang is how astronomers explain the way the universe began. It is the idea that the universe began as just a single point, then expanded and stretched to grow as large as it is right now—and it is still stretching!
How long did all of this take? Well, we now know that the universe is 13,800,000,000 years old—that’s 13.8 billion. That is a very long time.
When the universe began, it was just hot, tiny particles mixed with light and energy. It was nothing like what we see now. As everything expanded and took up more space, it cooled down.
The tiny particles grouped together. They formed atoms. Then those atoms grouped together. Over lots of time, atoms came together to form stars and galaxies.
The first stars created bigger atoms and groups of atoms. That led to more stars being born. At the same time, galaxies were crashing and grouping together. As new stars were being born and dying, then things like asteroids, comets, planets, and black holes formed!
The above piece of information is from NASA.
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My comments
All the above words are found in VS or its ancient commentaries.
No encyclopaedias say WHY it happened. Only VS gives the answer.
1.ATMA YONI, and 2.SWAYAM JATO in VS.
Adi Shankara explains,
Aatmayonih – one who is the source of all; that is there is no material cause other than Himself for the universe.
Swayaam – jaatah- He is also the Instrumental cause. Shankara quotes Brahma Sutra 1-4-39. This Sutra (formula) establishes that Sri Hari Himself is the material and instrumental cause of the world.
Now let us forget Hari and look at it.
Hindus were the first to think about How the Universe began. It is in the Rig Veda, which is at least 4000 years old according to Prof.Wilson (He beats Max Muller in translation).
Rig Veda explains it beautifully in RV. 10-129, 10-121, 10-90 etc. There are thousands of articles on these hymns. We can’t find any such hymn in Sumerian or Egyptian or Mayan or Greek.
One may wonder whether the ancient seers knew the modern meaning of words like Time, Universe, Atom etc, we get the answers from other hymns.
God is described as SAHASRA KOTI YUGADHARINE.
Koti in Hindu mathematics is Ten Million.
One sloka in the appendix Benefits Section of VS described God as He is the one who bears 1000 Ten Million Yugas. Yuga is 432000 years.
Even in Children’s hymns of Hindus we come across SAHASRA KOTI (1000 Ten Millions) as God’s attribute.
In short, no scientist gave the reason for Big Bang; but VS says it is God who did this. Even if you forget Hindu God, Hindus were the one who thought about it and found an answer.
This is supported by the very first sloka/couplet of VS, which describes GOD as beyond Time.
BHUTA, BHAVYA, BHAVAT Prabuh.
The Meaning He is The Master of the Past, Future and Present. As He is beyond the sway of Time in its three aspects, He is eternal being, and that His Majesty is undecaying.
Vedas said that he is Kaalathrayaathetah- Beyond Time
Wo in the world thought about Time other than Hindus?
We see past, present, future (tenses) only in grammar books of other cultures.
(in my other articles, I have shown that Hindus believed in Time Travel which showed Einstein is only part right).
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My Old Articles on VS
Secrets of Vishnu Sahasranama (July 13, 2012)
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INFLUENCE OF VISHNU SAHASRANAMA ON WORLD HISTORY (Post No.7372)22 December 2019
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Three Books on a ‘Deity with a Thousand Names’: Vishnu Sahasranama (17 April 2015)
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Vishnu Seal in Indus Valley Civilization (October 9, 2011)
To be continued…………………….
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