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Are the three laws of motion (which is attributted to Sir Isaac Newton) really present in the Vaisheshika Sutras of Kanada?
Certain web articles such as this one, over the past few months have been claiming that the three laws of motion which are attributed to the famous British scientist Sir Isaac Newton, were actually ...
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Limitations of logic in the Vedas: verses shedding light on incompleteness
Hinduism acknowledges the significance of logic, known as "Tarka" in ancient texts, within the framework of Sanatana Dharma. The scriptures of Hinduism contain dedicated sections discussing ...
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Does any scripture other than Mahabharata say that plant experiences pain?
It is mentioned in Mahabharata that plants also have five senses and also experience pleasure and pain. I am focusing on pain part only in this question.
As one can suck up water through a bent lotus-...
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Artificial intelligence in Hindu texts
Hindu texts contain instances about space-time relativity, space vehicles and many others.
In present day world, the rising of Artificial Intelligence is phenomenal. It will become major part of ...
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What are all the empirical observations made by Kaṇāda in his Vaiśeṣika Sūtras?
Kaṇāda, the natural scientist and philosopher, appears to have studied nature, made some direct observations and recorded them in his Vaiśeṣika Sūtras.
Wikipedia lists a few but I want to know all of ...
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Science of dice in ancient Hinduism scriptures
In section LXXII of Mahabharata, there is an excerpt regarding the science of dice.
"Vrihadaswa said, '.......Rituparna said, 'O Vahuka, thou art the only
charioteer, there is none other in this ...
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Where did Vivekananda say "Anything against science is not religion?"
In this interview, K. S. Bhagawan quotes Swami Vivekananda as saying whenever there's a conflict between the two, science takes precedence over religion.
Why should developing a spirit of inquiry ...
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What to make of this Shloka in Valmiki Ramayana where it talks of flying mountains?
Valmiki Ramayana Sundara Kanda Shloka 1.123 ( Complete - 5.1.123 Valmiki Ramayana) talks of flying mountains in KritaYuga.
पूर्वं कृतयुगे तात पर्वताः पक्षिणोऽभवन्।
ते हि जग्मुर्दिशः सर्वा गरुडानिलवेगि...
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Scriptures mentioning about death of stars
Consider the following line from Mahabharata
I see again that the luminous bodies, large and small, which move
in the firmament, fall down when their time comes.
[Section 179, Mokshadharma Parva, ...
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"Protective Layers" according to Hindu Scriptures
I was reading a post about cosmic science and I found that Protective Layers Already Mentioned in Vedas.
So my question is- Which Hindu scriptures define this?
Please note that, I am not asking ...
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linga purana section i.54.9-12 does this prove scientific error in hinduism?
SPEED OF SUN MOVING AROUND EARTH
Linga Purana Section I.54.9-12 ;
“…Similarly when the sucker of waters (i.e. the sun) moves about in the middle of Puskara the mountain to the north of Manasa, he ...
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How powerful (literally) is a soul? Any physical reference points in scripture to calculate it?
If a soul can control its own body it has to be able to exert a force and do work. This is an important point that often gets overlooked because of the very powerful illusion of unity in being all ...
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Do Hindu scriptures mention researchers or scientists?
Most of the Hinduism scriptures are from self experience of truth by Rishis.
Is there any mention about researchers or scientists in scriptures? I mean are there any examples of persons from ...
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Do all species have soul?
There is a famous quote which is circulating online that according to Hinduism, soul transmigrates through 8.4 million or 84 lakh bodies before reaching human form. Now, if we remove 4 lakh human ...
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How are chakra/kosha/dosha/gunas/etc ontologically compatible?
There are seemingly endless spiritual ideas incorporated into Hinduism - ideas like kosha, gunas, dosha, chakras, etc. These frameworks don't seem to have a unified ontology or single scriptural ...
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Are there some phenomena or somethings which in Hinduism which not explained by science and can only be explained by scriptures/religion/supernatural?
An atheist argument would be everything could be explained scientifically. Are there some phenomena which even science cant explain and can only be explained by the scriptures/rishis/sadhus?
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Is there anything in Hinduism to refute the idea that plant species are controlled by a single soul?
I feel like the most sensible answer to how plant souls work when plants can have cuttings is to say plants are single souled and the entire species is controlled by one soul. This makes sense with ...
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Is there any statement from scriptures that has been proved false in all possible interpretations?
Although there are some questions on our site regarding this line, I found no question that is asking directly for such a statement.
Is there any statement from scriptures of Sanathan dharma that has ...
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Mahalaya Period
Normally Mahalaya comes in the month of Purattasi. But this time it comes in Avani month itself and the first day of Purataasi is Mahalaya Amavasya. Some opinion is that this is not a good sign for ...
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