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"All modern science is already in our scriptures!" || Acharya Prashant, at BITS Goa (2023)
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Vedas
Vedanta
Aryabhata
Panini
Sushruta
Education
Scientific Temper
Ancient India
Description

Acharya Prashant addresses the common tendency to falsely claim that modern scientific discoveries were already present in ancient Sanskrit texts like the Vedas. He argues that such baseless exaggerations, like claiming the distance between the Earth and the Sun is in the Hanuman Chalisa, actually stem from a sense of shame rather than pride. By inflating facts, one communicates that the original reality is not good enough. This behavior insults the genuine contributions of historical figures like Aryabhata, Panini, and Sushruta, as well as the sanctity of the Vedas themselves.