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Sanskrit: A language with use beyond communication

Sanskrit is a language reveled for its complexity in many regards. It is grammatically very complex, has a rich phonemic library, and is considered to be one of the oldest documented languages in the ...
The Conversation

Oppenheimer often used Sanskrit verses, and the Bhagavad Gita was special for him − but not in the way Christopher Nolan’s film depicts it

Vasudha Narayanan does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
Wired

‘Now I Am Become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds.’ The Story of Oppenheimer’s Infamous Quote

As he witnessed the first detonation of a nuclear weapon on July 16, 1945, a piece of Hindu scripture ran through the mind of J. Robert Oppenheimer: “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” ...
Nature

A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D., with Sanskrit Texts, &c.

IN the first volume of this book, which was published in 1902, and reviewed in these columns on May 21, 1903, Prof. Ray dealt with all the oldest (pre-Buddha) Hindu MSS., and many of the later ones. A ...
Nature

A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D., with Sanskrit Texts, Variants, Translation and Illustrations

THE origin of Hindu chemistry is hidden in the obscurity of past ages. It is certain that the alchemists of western Europe owed much of their learning to the Arabs. M. Berthelot, in “Les Origines de l ...