Narasimha, Roddam and Nambiar, Balan and Siddhartha, V (2019) The NIAS Logo and the Sulva-Sutra. [Audio] (Unpublished)
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| Abstract: | The NIAS Logo, as Prof. Narasimha notes*, “… can be traced back to a remarkable Sanskrit work called the Sulva-sutra (The Manual of the Cord) which, while being concerned chiefly with vedic ritual, displays a deep knowledge of geometry from pre-Euclidean times. The NIAS logo displays the arrangement of bricks in the first layer of an altar called syena-cita, in the shape of an eagle or falcon (= syena), with 200 bricks of five different shapes. Vedic fire-altars were of two kinds, the perpetual ones (nitya) and the optional ones (kamya). The syena-cita is an optional fire, meant for those who desire heaven, and is constructed in the likeness of the falcon. Although the Sutra appears to be a manual of applied geometry it is remarkable that, apart from the formidable geometrical problems solved there, many general geometrical propositions are in fact stated and frequently used. The syena-cita was therefore a creation for the spirit inspired by Vedic philosophy, and founded on great mathematics and engineering - an apt symbol for all the things that NIAS stands for”. *http://eprints.nias.res.in/1326/ |
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| Item Type: | Audio |
| Keywords: | Sulva sutra, falcon, vedic fire altar |
| Subjects: | NIAS Resources > NIAS Lectures General > Directors > Roddam Narasimha > Events and Lectures |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Oct 2019 10:55 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Oct 2021 15:38 |
| Official URL: | http://eprints.nias.res.in/1326/ |
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| URI: | http://eprints.nias.res.in/id/eprint/1830 |
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