Diversely Scientific

“The Rigveda is the most important of all the four Vedas,as it deals with the ways and means of conducting oneself in society. However,the sheer complexity of the information in the book fascinated me,” says Ingle about the book. Titled Science: A way to the heart of Rigveda,the book talks about the meanings of various concepts of the Rigveda as seen by the real world or Parthiviya and in the parallel universe or Antarikshiya.

Elaborating about the same,Ingle says,“The Rigveda is divided into 10 parts and is full of poems called the Saktas,which,in turn,comprises Mantras. My book deals with over 300 such mantras taken from across the 10 parts of the entire Rigveda. Each mantra is different from the other and has an abstract and a sensible meaning. The abstract meanings,when studied carefully,give deep insights into the connection of modern day science and the philosophy of religion.”

Citing one such example,he says,Ghrutam in the Parthiviya world means ghee,but the same word in the Antarikshiya world means a packet of electromagnetic energy. “Two things fascinated — firstly,I wanted to come up with a system that would quell disputes between scholars the world over,about the interpretations of the Mantras and their meanings. Secondly,it was the fascination associated with the fact that an entire civilisation survived for thousands of years on a philosophy that at first glance seemed so abstract and yet,is so profound,” he adds.

The book,which is being published by an American firm,will be available for sale in India after it is officially launched in January. In Ingle’s words,writing the book requires a deep understanding of the various branches of physics and also an open-minded view of religion and philosophy and that may be a probable reason why it took him 12 long years to finish it. When asled whether Ingle plans on working on some other untouched aspect of the book,he gives a smart reply,“The Rigveda contains 10,556 mantras,so one can easily do the math as to how much work is left over.”