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Sacred Scriptures
I have great respect for Hinduism and also for Medical profession! I try to correlate these two major domains, one the religious faith and other the faith in humanity respectively. I back trace the evidences from the past. It takes me back to ancient and Hindu Sacred Scriptures of Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavat(d) Gita and Mahabharata, where I find the mentions of medical, surgical and herbal, features and cures available during that period, thousands of years ago.
It is fascinating to note the evidences and mentions of medical sciences back then in ancient Hindu scriptures. I researched deeper to find the hidden facts and initial footprints of medical and surgical sciences in ancient Vedic India. I may not be able to furnish all here, though will try to highlight some, for my readers.
Sacred Scriptures
Hindu scriptures are books and texts that include sacred Granthas (Books) as follows:
- Vedas — Rigveda, Samaveda, Atharvaveda, Yajurveda
2. Upanishads with verses and hymns are over two hundred Hindu scriptures. 108 is the traditional number. Two concepts of importance in Upnishads are Brahman, the ultimate reality and Aatman, the individual self, the soul. Among those ten of them are principle ones: Isha, Kena, Katha, Prashan, Mundaka, Mandukya, Tattiriya, Aitareya, Chaandogya, Brihadaranyaka.
3. Bhagavat(d) Gita — Great Hindu Epic is a 700 verse Hindu Scripture that is part of Epic Mahabharata. It is a set of eternal message of spiritual wisdom in the form of verses. It is narrative of dialogues between Pandava prince Arjuna and his spiritual guide and then Charioteer Krishna during fight against his cousins Kauravas during Mahabharata for duty, action and renunciation.
4. Mahabharata — Great Epic with numerous stories and scenarios and knowledge to resolve mental and physical issues.
This knowledge is used till date to find solutions to life problems and preached to next generation for good. Humanity Prevails!
Light of this knowledge never extinguishes. It keeps on shedding light forever. This implies that knowledge by means of propagation continues to flourish.
