VOL. 4

THE NATURE OF MATTER

Edited  by JAYANT V. NARLIKAR

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Contents

• Foreword (Kapila Vatsyayan) 

• Preface (Jayant V. Narlikar)  

1. Bhutas : Some Reflections on Modern Scientific Concepts and Traditional Indian Thoughts (Jayant V. Narlikar)  

2. Quantum Theory, Elementary Particles : Limits to Divisibility (N. Mukunda )  

3. Evolution of Living Matter (S.R.N. Murthy)  

4. Nature and Function of Matter (E.C.G. Sudarshan)  

5. Scientific Philosophy : With Reference to Buddhist Thought (Raja Ramanna)  

6. Matter is Consciousness (S.C. Malik)  

7. Matter and Magic (C.V. Vishveshwara)  

8. Forms of Life in the World of Matter : Reflections on Tribal Cosmology (Baidyanath Saraswati)  

9. The Panca Mahabhutas (P.G. Lalye)  

10. Samkhya Theory of Matter (M.P. Rege)  

11. Transmutation: Ancient Indian Concepts and Practices (B.V. Subbarayappa)  

12. Bhutas : Some Inter-related Themes of Indian Cosmology (P.K. Mukhopadhyay)  

13. Indian Cosmology: Reflections in Religion and Metaphysics (A.K. Chakravarty)  

14. Creation of the Universe and Evolution of Life ( Arshad Hussain)

15. Concept of Matter in Unani Medicine (Hakeem Altaf Ahmad Azmi)  

16. Ancient and Mediaeval Biology : Looking Through the Magnifying Glass of the Modern (Pushpa M. Bhargava; Chandana Chakrabarti)  

17. In Pursuit of Reality : Oriental Mysticism and Modern Science (N.C. Rana)  

• List of Contributors

Volume 4 creates an invigorating dialogue between modern science and ancient wisdom contained in the Vedas, Upanishads and other Sutras, focusing thematically on the nature of matter (both living and non-living), the origin of life itself, holistic medicine, Yogasutras, and much else. Taking a contemporaneous scientific view of "structuralistic traditions" (Samkhya, Mimamsa, Vaisheshika), it juxtaposes modern physicists’ theories of elementary particles and some of the most recent developments in microbiology with traditional views on the nature and function of matter, traditional cosmology, mysticism, Samkhya theory of matter, and ancient and medieval systems of medicine, among other things.

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