SrI:
srimathe ramanujAya namaha
srimathe nigamantha maha desikaya
namaha
Dear Sri Narender Reddy,
Thank you for you inputs. You have asked good
questions regarding the usage of the term idol. I do not intend to be a part of
the discussion on this topic, but you had mentioned in your email that
:
>Yes, in the age of Kali yuga, when a majority
of the
>so called Sri Vaishnavas are celebrating the mid night >of January first (Christian New Year) as their own New >Year, and celebrating the Christian Millennium as >their own sending Christian Millennium greetings to >one another (even on the internet), I guess God could >be reduced to that of an "IDOL." Ahem, I stand to differ. First of all There is
nothing called the "Christian New Year" as you opine. It is true that the earth
takes 365 odd days to complete one revolution around the sun. This one complete
Revolution is taken as the standard "year". There is nothing Christian
about it. It is scientifically valid. This was not suggested by Saint.X or
Saint.Y or Saint.Z.
It was Aryabhatta, the ancient Hindu Mathematician
who was the first to Calculate how many days the earth takes to travel around
the Sun. He calculated it to be 365days 6
hours 12 minutes 30 seconds. The standard taken now is 365 days and 6
hours.
From this it is clear that our pUrvAcharyas had solid knowledge of
mathematics.
You may wish to visit the link on
Aryabhatta:
***The Calendar at present is a modification of the
calculations of Aryabhatta. It was first modified by the Romans, which is why
the months of July and August are named after Roman Emperors. The emperors are
Julius Caesar and Augustus Caesar Respectively. For your information, The Romans
were not Christians, infact some roman dictator ordered the persecution of
Jesus.****
The contributions of our pUrvAcharyas to the field
of mathematics are like pillars supporting the roof. It is only due to our
acharyas that there are advances in all field of science known to humanity.
Without mathematics, you would not be reading this email message on your
computer screen, pay credit card bills, or click on the mouse which will bein
your right hand now.
It is noteworthy to mention Pierre Laplace
quotations on Hindu Mathematics:
"The ingenious method of expressing every possible
number using a set of ten symbols (each symbol having a place valueand
an absolute value) emerged in India. The idea seems so simple nowadays
that its significance and profound importance is no longer appreciated. Its
simplicity lies in the way it facilitated calculation and placed arithmetic
foremost amongst useful inventions. the importance of this invention is more
readily appreciated when one considers that it was beyond the two greatest men
of Antiquity, Archimedes
and Apollonius"
Laplace implies that there can be nothing great
than Hindu mathematics.
I highly suggest you visit the following link to
learn more about Hindu mathematics.
kavi taarkika simhaaya kalyaana
gunashaaline
srimathe venkateshaya vedanta gurave
namaha
Adiyen Ramanuja Daasan,
Malolan Cadambi,
Dept. of Electrical Engineering,
Iowa State University.
----- Original Message -----
From: Narender Reddy
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 5:27 PM
Subject: Re: [SriRangaSri] A Humble Correction to Mr GK
Ramakrishnan's mail ...
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