On Jun 3, 2009, at 1:40 PM, at_man_and_brahman wrote: > In the 1965 book Vedic Mathematics by Sankaracharya Swami Sri > Bharati Krishna Tirthaji, Gandharva Veda is listed repeatedly as one > of the four upavedas, corresponding to Sama Veda. This is exactly as > Maharishi outlined it. The other upavedas are Ayurveda, Sthapatya > Veda, and Dhanurveda.
You do realize that the bulk of Ayur-"veda", most of "sthapatya-veda" and all of dhanurveda are pre-vedic adoptions, right? You do also realize that a clearly Vaishnavite Shankaracharya, named Krishna, possibly could not represent a more biased source against the origin of these sciences, right? They said it, so it must be true, is that the tack you're taking? It's sad to say, but this is a pathetic example. Why don't we all do Vedic water blessing where we use a dozen or so names of Vishnu to bless the water! If that fails, we could always have some surviving Knight Templars present the hidden secrets of the Cathars.
