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by shripadk 10y ago
Bravo! Congrats SpaceX! :)
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ISRO successfully conducts hot test of C25 Cryogenic engine for GSLV MK3(youtube.com)
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by shripadk 10y ago
While at it, might as well remove the door from our homes. It doesn't stop a determined burglar picking the door lock or breaking it open anyways so why bother? /s
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by shripadk 10y ago
The hardest part is in ensuring that the satellites are launched in different directions to avoid them colliding when being deployed in orbit. These satellites have to be in the same orbit but with increasing distance between them. From wha
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1. I don't see how Ceylon can be the origin. There is no evidence to back this. 2. How can Brahmi numerals have come into India around 850 BC when Sanskrit already existed during that time period. Again, these claims make no sense. Bra
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Also, the other big problem with "Aryan Invasion Theory" is that it directly conflicts with a very famous Indian scripture: Ramayana. In the story, which takes place in the Treta Yuga (many hundreds of thousands of years before th
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by shripadk 10y ago
> Vocabulary is not very indicative as these can easily be loanwords. As in my other sibling (cousin?) comment consider basic articles and fundamental verbs. I understand where you come from. Even if I consider the "linguistic relat
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> There's clear linguistic evidence that Sanskrit (as well as Avestan/Persian, Latin, etc.) is derived from the Indo-European family Infact the article I linked to suggests otherwise ( http://uwf.edu/lgoel/d
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by shripadk 10y ago
No. Sanskrit is not derived from Indo-European family. There is absolutely no evidence for that. Nor do South Indian languages appear linguistically distinct. I'm a Kannadiga and many Kannada words are directly derived from Sanskrit. M
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by shripadk 10y ago
Wow. Thank you for pointing me to this Wiki. I never knew whitewashing was carried out to this extent by the British. Very sad!
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Many Indian scholars don't accept the Aryan Invasion theory. Are they "nationalist bloggers" just because they don't concur with their Western counterparts? Or maybe, the all-knowing West knows more about Hindu culture t
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by shripadk 10y ago
Indo, Hindu, Sindhu all point to geography and not religion. Hindu only has religious connotations in English because the West chose to recognize the word as a religion. The actual name of the religion is "Sanathan Dharma". I&#x27
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Who disputes origins of Brahmi numerals? Western indologists? Brahmi numerals and Brahmi script are long considered by Indian scholars as indigenous. The dispute arises only because the Western scholars don't wish to recognise it&#x27
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by shripadk 10y ago
This is precisely what I call Western whitewashing. You are quoting some random and unscientific paper (Vaimanika Sastra) as part of the Vedic period. That piece of paper (Vaimanika Sastra) was written in 1918 by some unknown (Pandit Subbar
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by shripadk 10y ago
If there was any contribution by any Arab then it should be attributed. Where did I say otherwise? All I was talking about was contribution by Hindu mathematicians which was not just appropriated (I'm not against this) but their contri
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by shripadk 10y ago
> there's a lot of hyperbole of what was discovered during the Vedic period Where is the hyperbole? All I see is whitewashing of what was discovered during the Vedic period. If you need to understand what whitewashing means: Abraham
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by shripadk 10y ago
Another quote from the same book ("Science of the Sacred") about Shulba Sutras ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shulba_Sutras ): "Although Vedic mathematicians are known primarily for their computational ge
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by shripadk 10y ago
> An alternative source would be nice. Sure. Here is a complete book on Vedāṅga Jyotiṣa (one of the earliest books on Hindu astronomy. It's just 74 pages in total): http://www.worldlibrary.in/articles/Vedanga_J
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by shripadk 10y ago
> This needs to be emphasised more This is a well known fact for many in India. > In India, the right wing Hindu brigade try very hard to appropriate ancient Indian history as that of the Hindu religion (while also conveniently even
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by shripadk 10y ago
I have explained it here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13642268
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by shripadk 10y ago
> .. is nonsense. For instance, many core tools of mathematics, measuring systems, astronomy, etc. were developed by Sumerians and Akkadians living in Mesopotamia in 4000–1000 BCE. It is not "nonsense". Your knowledge of Hindu
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by shripadk 10y ago
It is not misleading. Most Mathematical concepts originated from Hindu Mathematicians. For example, the definition of "Infinity" from the Isha Upanishad (Written in 1st millenium BC. You can find the pronunciation here: https:&#x
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by shripadk 10y ago
My feelings about Indian education are re-affirmed in this article: http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/The-Indian-number... “Akkangalude Charithram deals with everything about numbers; the science and hist
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by shripadk 10y ago
Thank you for this: "I would point out, as I have already done in my nineteenth-century style over long title, that one should call them Hindu-Arabic numerals, as although we appropriated them from the Islamic Empire, they in turn had
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by shripadk 10y ago
How is "Sidd Bikkannavar" even remotely "Muslim sounding"? It's a Hindu name. He probably shortened it from "Siddarth" Bikkannavar to Sidd Bikkannavar like most Hindus in foreign countries do. Bikkannavar
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by shripadk 10y ago
I'm sure these hyphenations exist in every part of the World. It's these hyphenations that make a Nation stronger IMHO. In India, we have Luso-Indians (or Portuguese Indians), Dano-Norwegian Indians, German-Indians, French-Indians
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by shripadk 10y ago
The article clearly states that these are "healthy" children who were "uninterested" in eating meals when they consume lychee. I don't see the word "malnourished" or "religious practices" mention
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It's not just taught in Advaita schools. It's also taught in Dvaita and Vishisht-Advaita Vedanta schools. I know because I belong to the Dvaita school of thought. Also, there is a big misconception that majority of Hindus are Adva
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by shripadk 10y ago
Here is the fun part. Everyone thinks Pranayama and Yoga are from Buddhism. But really it's from Hinduism (it is mentioned in Vedic scriptures). Buddhism adopted these techniques which invariably resulted in cultural appropriation. How
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by shripadk 10y ago
Isn't this Pranayama?

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