Indian Cosmological Ideas

Abstract

This paper, third in the series on Indian tradition of physics, describes conceptions of the cosmos with ideas that are clearly spelt out in texts such as Yoga Vasishtha.In particular, the conception of multiple universes that occurs often in this text will be examined in the framework of the Indian physics. The other surprising concepts that are discussed include flow of time and its variability with respect to different observers, and the possibility of passage across universes.

12 pages, 1 figure

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• Greek and Indian Cosmology: Review of Early History
• Indian Physics: Outline of Early History
• Concepts of Space, Time, and Consciousness in Ancient India
• Nyaya-Vaisheshika: The Indian Tradition of Physics
• Yajnavalkya and the Origins of Puranic Cosmology
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Cited by in corpus (2)

• Time Cycles in Indian Cosmology
• Space and Time as Containers of the "Physical Material World" with some Conceptual and Epistemological Consequences in Modern Physics