The Shiva Hypothesis (fwd)

[Vidyasankar Sundaresan]

S Krishna <mahadevasiva at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote -

>In connection with Prof Rampino's Shiva hypothesis, does anybody know
>of instances of using "Indian"( all religions/languages/cultures
>included) to describe any scientific phenomenon/discovery?

Other than Mendeleev's use of eka- there is the word antarafacial, (from
Skt. antara-) and there is the compound called anandamide, a
neurostimulant. Can't think of any other scientific term using Indian
words. (Wasn't there an Indology list discussion about this, a year or
so ago?) Indian/Skt. terminology seems to have entered only chemistry.
Physics and biology seem immune to it.

Vidyasankar

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