Reference to Decline in Memory Function Due to Ageing in Periya Puraanam

Reference to Decline in Memory Function Due to Ageing in Periya Puraanam 

Scientific Insights Regarding Influence of Nature and Nurture on Human Intellect in Periya Puraanam

Scientific Insights Regarding Influence of Nature and Nurture on Human Intellect in Periya Puraanam 

God created Science,hence the perceived distance between Science and Religion must be entirely man made and the augmentation of this separating distance between the two is clearly fueled by the interpretation of the problem from a very immature angle and with a great sense of uncertainty and mutual disbelief.

The 21st century in which we live today is deeply fortified with science, the scientifically ignorant societies have experienced misery across the centuries and has now drawn survival values tagged to it, this research paper would accelerate the thought process that, indeed religion and ancient literature's can be used as a tool for the development of the scientific acumen of the common man, and thereby the society as a whole.

Provision of scientific education to the common man using the immense sea of scientific information's that abounds in the ancient Indian literature will enable the society as a whole to grow and prosper.

Scientific information's that are waiting to reach can be grouped as that which are required for the scholars, students, and the common man.  There are many innovative teaching methods and learning methodologies that are practiced in the modern days, one such that is proposed in this article is the Ancient Indian literature that teems with scientific information.

The ancient Indian literature's includes the materials written in all of the Indian languages with the main thrust placed on the two of the worlds greatest and oldest languages officially declared as "Classical". The origin of Tamil and Sanskrit glides down to the ages deep into human history and study of the origin of these languages is almost like studying human evolution itself. The literary works of ancient India teems with a huge database of scientific Information's qualitatively and quantitatively surpassing any other world language and hence have a great relevance in the modern world. Channeling the process of scientific education of the society as a whole can well be done using the ancient Indian literature and all that it requires is a open attitude and a reasonable cognitive approach.

Integration between the scientific community and the linguistic specialists will unravel the marvel in the ancient Indian literature which can be explained using the "Ice berg phenomenon", Voluminous materials are waiting to be explored for centuries both in the deeply religious texts like the "Periya Puranam" as well as in the non religious texts like the Thirukkural and the absorbing fact is that the latter mostly dates before the former.

The western system of education can easily be overwhelmed by this concept of scientific education strategy that is based on the extremely rich literary heritage that is unique to India. 

The modern world of science education stresses more on the concept of enhancing the interest of the learner in the process of education.

Teaching science to the 21st century Indian citizen, when coupled with a taste of the great heritage of his own country would clearly leap the self confidence and self esteem levels of the learner as the supporting scientific evidence for this concept is ever growing.

This original reseach paper explains the concept of teaching scientific concepts to the common man, using the"Periyapuranam", a 12th century masterpiece which is considered as a veritable fifth veda in Tamil language. It is the twelfth and the last book in the Saiva canon and it commemorates the Golden age of the Chola dynasty.

The Periya Puranam, the great purana or epic, also called as  Tiruttontarpuranam (the purana of the holy devotees) is a Tamil poetic account depicting the legendary lives of the 63 Nayanars , the canonical poets of Tamil Shaivism. It was authored by Sekkizhar more than 800 years before this day, in other words, 400 years before Shakespeare.It is a part of the corpus of Shaiva canonical works.

It was written by Sekkizhar and it depicts the life stories of the Nayanars who composed the liturgical poems of the Tirumarai and this work is a part of the sacred canon it is a hagiographic Purana in Tamil composed during the rule of Kullottonga Chola II (1133-1150).

The wide array of the scientific informations that are present in the chapter II of Thirumalai-ch-Charukkam, the puranam of Lord's Intercession (Lord's Intercession (thaduthaatkonda) puraanam is mentioned below as a drop from the ocean that waits to be unleashed.