Dear Axel,Madhusudana Ojha (1866-1939) was an important early-twentieth century voice in popularizing this view. He published a lot of material, like Indravijaya, some of which still circulates I believe. I once visited his former home in Jaipur, and many of his unpublished papers and diagrams were still there, and the family was keeping alive a devotion to his cosmic visions and scientist message. One of Ojha's students was Vedavācaspati Paṇḍit Motilal Śāstrī (1908-1960) who continued to publish in the same vein, as do others.Some notes from my visit in 2011:Manvashram (map)
Shree Krishna Sharma, Gopalpura Mode, Tonk Road, Jaipur.
A little , quiet, grassy enclosed courtyard with a grazing cow. Various buildings around, labelled "university," printing press," etc., as if it were a small campus. And a rusting 1903 English printing press at the front.
Not a single Sanskrit MS, though. The story of the place is quite interesting, nevertheless. Vedavācaspati Paṇḍit Motilal Śāstrī (1908-1960) was the spirit of the place, and the father of the present occupant. Motilal wrote 80,000 pages of materials on the interpretation of the Veda and on the Śatapathabrāhmaṇa. He discovered a special code or cypher that explained everything. He also developed a series of coloured geometrical drawings that showed a kind of evolutionary and hierarchical cosmology. It turns out that his teacher was Madhusudana Ojha (1866-1939), which explains all the pseudo-science and back-to-the-vedas ideology (independent of the Arya Samaj, as far as I know).
Motilal Śāstrī's father Balendu (I think) had the first printing press in Jaipur.Best,Dominik--Professor Dominik Wujastyk,
Singhmar Chair in Classical Indian Society and Polity,
University of Alberta, Canada.South Asia at the U of A:sas.ualberta.caOn Tue, 11 Sep 2018 at 01:33, Michaels, Axel via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:______________________________Dear all,
In the course of the recent WSC discussions on this list, Dr Iris Iran Farkhondeh recently mentioned a little brochure by the RSS: “There was also this little booklet produced by the RSS (samskrit samsthan and not svayam sevak even though it seems now that the two RSS are getting nearer and nearer) with a mention of astrolomy (sic) and all the other sciences that for sure originated in ancient India.” Unfortunately, she did not keep this booklet. Since I am co-editing a book on this topic, I would be very grateful if someone who attended the conference could share the brochure with me. I would also be interested in relevant and serious literature focusing and the wide-spread claim that all science is rooted in India.
Best regards,
Axel Michaels
Prof. Dr. Axel Michaels
Seniorprofessor | Vice President Heidelberg Academy of Science and Humanities |
Director Research Unit "Historical Documents of Nepal" (नेपालका पूर्व-आधुनिक कालका लि
खतहरू ), Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
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