CONTENTS: Preface Paṇḍit Motilal Shastri Shri Shankar Shikshayatan Paṇḍit Rishi Kumar Mishra Abbreviations First Discourse Science of Agni-Soma Vedas: The Popular Belief Vedic Books Are not the Veda The Basic Essence Self-explanatory Words The Three Motions The Solar Sphere Gāyatrī-Vidyā: A Meaningful Narrative Eight Categories of Narratives Apocryphal Narratives Veda: The Scientific Meaning Plants Have Life End of the Material Sphere: Beginning of the Vital Sphere The Basic Question: What Was There, When There Was Nothing? Three Sectors of Saṁvatsara In Our Conjugal Life Second Discourse The Science of Five-Divisional Universe Universe and Its Divisions Purāṇas: Elaboration of the Vedas Basic Definitions of Purāṇas Two Keywords: R̥ta and Satya Change and Creation Location of Centre Universe and Reality No Form: No Centre-R̥ta Satya-Agni-Soma Pair Three Branches of Science Appearance, Existence and Creation Bodily Yajña of Man: An Example Physical Yajña: The Next Stage Third Discourse Vedic Concept of Man – An Exposition Man and Other Beings Man’s Supremacy over Other Beings Man’s Violation of Natural Principles Manu: The Absolute Central Truth Manifestation of Manu in Man Living and Lifeless Beings: The Differentiating Factor Truth: Ostensible and Real Non-violence: Illusion and Reality Sphere of Sentient Beings The Unmanifest Sector Four Aspects of Man Third Category of Love Attachment Love of Inanimate Beings, Kāma Basic Quality of Womanhood Two Classifications of Desire Fourth Discourse Science of Aśvattha – An Outline Vedic Terms for Inflow, Outflow and Rest Relationship of Viṣṇu and Indra Terms in Indian Science Contraction and Expansion Interdependence of Motion and Rest Interrelationship of Rest and Motion Interrelationship of Word and Its Material Meaning Process of the Formation of Earth Time for Rest Meaning of Vijñāna One Element, Three Forms Creation and Dissolution Perishable and Imperishable Evil Influence of Sectarianism Intellectual Defects and Emotionalism Unit and Multiple Relationship of Amr̥ta and Mr̥tyu Knowledge and Science Foundation of the Universe Constant Change: Constant Permanence Fifth Discourse Integrated Relationship of Vedaśāstra and Purāṇaśāstra Rotation of Sun Around Parameṣṭhi Formation of Body, Mind and Intellect Emergence of Varṇa Emergence of Gotra Real Aim: Expansion of Gotra Ṣoḍaśī Prajāpati Conceived Creation Vedaśāstra in Relation to Purāṇaśāstra through the Medium of Tattva-svarūpa of Rasa Māṅgalika Saṁsmaraṇa Appendix: List of References Quoted from Vedic Text Glossary of Vedic Terms सन्दर्भ ग्रन्थ-सूची – For Further Reading Index