भारतीय ज्ञान परंपरा

Dr. Madhavi Godbole

Principal
School of Vedic Sciences
MIT ADT University, Pune
 भारतीय
● उत्तरं यत् समुद्रस्य हिमाद्रेश्चैव दहिणम् | वर्षं तद् भारतं नाम भारती यत्र सन्तहतिः ||
(हवष्णु पुराण २.३.१)

● भा (light, enlightenment) रत - emerged

 ज्ञान
● शास्त्र - methodical thinking
● तन्त्र - techniques
● कला - art / skill
● ज्ञान - knowledge
● हवद्या - knowledge - परा च अपरा च
 परंपरा
Tradition
Transmission towards next generation through ages
Oral tradition
After 1st century manuscripts are available
Textual tradition, Cultural tradition, architectural tradition,
Archeological Tradition
 ग्रन्थो गुरूणां गुरिः

आगम, स्वाध्याय, प्रवचन, व्यविार

श्रवण, आकलन, मनन, हचंतन
प्रामाण्य - शास्त्रप्रमाण्य, शब्दप्रामाण्य
 Saṁhitā

Brāhmaṇas

Āraṇyakas
Vedic
Upaniṣads
literature
Sūtra

Different
literature
Prātiśākhyas

texts
Nirukta

Mahābhārata

available Epics Rāmāyaṇa

Commentaries

in Ancient
62 Branches Buddhism on
Mahābhārata
Jainism

literature
Kośas

Grammar

Śikṣās

Purāṇas
Tantra
 Mīmāṁsa

Vedānta

Sāṁkhya
Darśanas
Yoga
Dharmasūtra
Nyāya
Smṛti
62 Branches Nyāyavaiśeṣika
Nibandha

Veterinary
Arthaśāstra
science

Minor sciences Agriculture

Sports
 Saṁgīta
Śilpa
Medicine
Kāma
Mathematics

Branches
Astronomy

62 Astrology
Alchemy
Poetics
Dramaturgy
Nṛtya
Prosody
Kāvyas Śatakas
Minor poems LaharīsDūtakāvyas
Stotras
 Anthology

Bṛhatkathā and

62 branches
connected works
Stories and
romance

Campū

Rūpakas
(Drama)

Inscriptions
 Interconnections

● Ayurveda – Alchemy – Darshanas – Anatomy – Botany – Iconography - etc

● Agriculture – Anna - Personality – etc.

 Connection with Philosophy

● Agriculture

● Iconography

● Ayurveda

● Mathematics
Thank You !!