Nehru
Centre, Bombay has published a source book of astronomy. It is an encyclopaedia
of Sanskrit works on astronomy. The beauty of the book is that original slokas
or hymns are given in Devanagari lipi with English translation from Vedic days
until 19th century. It covers only important quotations.
At the
end of the book there is a valuable list of about 150 Hindu astronomers and the
names of their 300 original works. Some are just quotes from other commentators.
Some are details of whole books. It will be a ready reference for research
scholars. I publish the informative list below.
This illustrates another important point. From 1140 BCE until a few hundred years ago Sanskrit was the only language that had continuous production of astronomy books. If you take another ancient language Tamil, we have no ancient astronomy book. We have only astronomical references and not whole books. This shows that Sanskrit was never a dead language and it was always used by scholars. About 30 years ago Kanchi Paramacharya Swamikal (1894-1994) composed a Sanskrit poem and it reverberated throughout the world from the United nations Hall through the most famous Carnatic singer MS Subbalakshmi. This list is another proof for the scientific use of Sanskrit language until modern days.
Whenever I travel
on airplanes I never watch movies; I spend most of my time watching the flight path
amazing at the height of flight — 36,000 feet at an average speed of 550 miles
per hour. I also watch the temperature of minus -45-degree F etc. Other times I
sleep or read something. But during my trip to India on July 2019 I came across
the issue of The Week (issue date 29 June). There were lot of news items that
grabbed my attention. One of them is the Wit and Wisdom page. Here are some interesting
quotations: –
“If a
cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what then is an empty desk a
sign?” – Albert Einstein
(My
comments- Thanks, Einstein; I was worried about my cluttered desk! Family members
always complain about my cluttered desk and cluttered desk top screen on my PC.
Now I know I am as intelligent as Einstein!)
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“Everybody
was so gaga about Steve Jobs, but I picture him in hell running from demons,
who want a selfie” – Jim Carrey blames the Apple founder for the popularity of
selfies, quoted in the I newspaper.
(My comment- It is not fair to blame Steve for this; Selfies help us to reduce the population of idiots. Those who are idiots die at mountain cliffs, railway lines, water sources, top floors of the skyscrapers by taking selfies. Like knife, it can be used for both good and bad tasks. Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, used it for popularising good things. He took selfies with baby girls (Indians favour boys). When printing machine was invented by Gutenberg , Christian church warned him of bringing Satan into the world. When computers were introduced into banksin India, Marxist idiots cried of job loses and closed banks every month to stage demos. Popes of olden days banned printed Bibles. Now we laugh at them. So don’t blame Steve for selfies. It will get rid of the idiots from the earth and send them to hell. Long Live Steve Jobs!)
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“Slow is the
fastest way to get where you want to go”- Actor Andre De Shields quoted in The Hollywood
Reporter.
(My comment-
Thanks Andre. Now I know I am on the fastest track. This morning, the total number
of hits for both my blogs crossed 11,000 hits per day mark; but I wanted to get
100,000 hits a day; I will reach my goal,
slowly, slowly)
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“People do
not change, they are merely revealed” – Writer Anne Enright quoted in the
Independent.
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“Time is an
illusion. Lunch time doubly so”- Douglas Adams, quoted in The Guardian
(My comment-
Very true! I worked for 43 years till my retirement in 2014. Lunch time was a
luxury, unobtainable!
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“It is
impossible that a man who is false to his friends and neighbours should be true
to the public”- Bishop Berkeley quoted
in The Guardian.
(My comment –
I am reminded of politicians, particularly, Indian politicians. Most of them
are not honest. Their friends expose them when they leave such unscrupulous
people and go to another group or political party)
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“I wear my enemies like medals”- Norman Stone quoted in The Sunday Times.
(My
comments- Hindu gods did this! The demon under the statue of Nataraja (Dancing
Shiva), the flags in the hand of Lord Skanda/ Kartikeya, and the Vahanas/
Mounts of several gods and goddesses are their enemies (demons)!
Baahubalam-
Strength of shoulder; Amaatyabalam- strength of minister; Dhanabalam- Strength
of wealth; Abhijaatabalam- strength derived through birth; Prajnaabalam- strength
of knowledge.
–Vidura
Niti 5-52
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Pliithadosa—Disorders
of the spleen
Vaata- air;
Pitta- fire; Kapha- Water; Sannipaata – vitiation of the above three; Sonita-
Blood
-Charaka
Sutra- 19-4
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Five ‘M’s
Those who
are involved in Vamachara worship (anti clockwise)use the following ‘M’ s:-
Posts about Mysteries of Mahabharata written
by Tamil and Vedas. … People like us who live in Western countries
often read strange and interesting news items: Man gives birth to a … We hear the
same story with the birth of 3 more sons to Prutha alias Kunti and twins to
Madri. …. Mystery No.10: Child from a Dead Body!
10.Name the Inter
Galactic traveller (rishi) who advised Dhritarashtra to keep Duryodhana in
….. Valluvar probably knew the story of Kaushika
in Mahabharata. ….. By rare co incidence both the sanyasin
and the prostitute died on the same day.
Mahabharata and Ramayana have two interesting dog stories. We have the …
After a year of this strangefriendship, Professor H. Ueno died
suddenly. … 10. Mysterious Tamil Bird Man. Contact London Swaminathan at swami_48@yahoo.com.
You’ve visited this
page 2 times. Last visit: 05/04/18
Posts about siamese twins written
by Tamil and Vedas. … Vanaparvam of Mahabharata describes the
end of the world. It says how the world will end at the end …
Date: 25 JANUARY 2019 GMT Time uploaded in London –11-31 am Post No. 5984 Pictures shown here are taken from various sources including google, Wikipedia, Facebook friends and newspapers. This is a non- commercial blog
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swaminathan
Fluorine is one of the 118 known elements. It belongs to the
Halogen group.
Fluorine is useful to us in the following ways:-
Tooth paste to strengthen the tooth enamel
Non sticky Teflon pans
P E T – Positron Emission Tomography in health checks
Landing on Moon and other Space Explorations
Important Medicines
First let us look at some interesting tit bits:-
Contrary to popular belief, it was not space exploration that
led to the development of the non -stick frying pan, but the other way round.
The non- stick frying pan relies on Teflon, the polymer Tetrafluoroethene. That
was discovered by Roy Plunkett at the Du Pont research laboratory in New
Jersey, U S A, in 1938.
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swamiindology.blogspot.com AND tamilandvedas.com))
One morning he opened a cylinder of tetrafluoroethene which was supposed to hold 1000 grams of the gas but only 990 grams came out. The missing ten grams had turned into a curious white powder which was a plastic with remarkable properties. It would not dissolve in anything, was not affected by heat, wouldn’t burn and was not attacked by hot corrosive acids. More unusual was its ability to flexible down to minus 240 Degree C. It was this property which made it so important for use in space and on moon where such temperatures prevail.
Later Louis Hartman found a way to use this on aluminium pans in 1950s. The French company Tefal, marketed the first non -stick frying pans ten years before man set foot on the Moon. Nobel Prize Georgius Agricola described the use of fluorspar, calcium fluoride, in 1529. But it was Henri Moissan who extracted fluorine and got Nobel prize for chemistry in 1906. Fluorine was named meaning ‘to flow’.
Chemical symbol F
Atomic number 9
Melting point minus 220 degree C
Boiling point minus 188 degree C
Useful to humans
In humans, most of the fluoride accumulates in the bones and
teeth. It strengthens both, converting the calcium phosphate of which they are
made into fluorapatite, a harder material. This in tooth enamel, can better
resist the corrosive effect of acids produced by oral bacteria acting on sugar
for this reason it is added to water supplies and tooth pastes.
Cockroach killer
Fluorine is poisonous. But humans need it in minute quantities.
Laboratory animals without fluorine in diet became anaemic and infertile.
Because of its toxic effects, it is used in insecticide to kill cockroaches and
ants. ((posted by
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47 people died
At a hospital in the USA in 1943, patients were served
scrambled eggs to which sodium fluoride had been added instead of normal salt
sodium chloride. 163 people became sick and 47 of them died.
Punjab Problem
If too much fluorine is taken, fluorosis disease comes. It
results in mottled teeth and deformed skeletons. In Punjab, people drink water
with high levels of fluoride and millions of people are affected by this.
Fluoride comes to us from foods such as potatoes, butter,
cheese, sea fish, pork and chicken.
Fluorine is produced in China, Mexico and west Europe.
PET
Fluorine has an effect on enzymes, effectively blocking their
activity. This is useful in certain experiments and treatments.
The isotope fluorine 18 is used in medical diagnosis through
the technique known as P E T , positron emission tomography. The half- life of
the isotope is only 110 minutes. It can go into places in our body which other
substances can’t do. This helps us to study the internal organs.
Twenty percent of important medicines are made with fluorine
compounds and the pharmaceutical companies make big money with it.
Friend of women in kitchen, friend of pharmaceutical
companies, friend of every tooth paste using human and friend of space
explorers is FLUORINE.
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