Sukshmjeevanu in Vedas: The Forgotten Past of Microbiology in Indian Vedic Knowledge

No one questions the existence of presumptive knowledge of invisible organisms causing disease, decay and destruction mentioned before the discovery of the microbial world by Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, who was the first to describe the invisible world as per literature available today. However, the kn...

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Published inIndian journal of microbiology Vol. 61; no. 1; pp. 108 - 110
Main Authors Kuhad, Urvashi, Goel, Gunjan, Maurya, Pawan K., Kuhad, Ramesh C.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New Delhi Springer India 01.03.2021
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Correspondence
Life Sciences
Medical Microbiology
Microbiology
Microorganisms
Krimi
Microbiology
Vedas
Kanva
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Summary:No one questions the existence of presumptive knowledge of invisible organisms causing disease, decay and destruction mentioned before the discovery of the microbial world by Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, who was the first to describe the invisible world as per literature available today. However, the knowledge about microbial world by Indian Rishis presented in Sanskrit shlokas or suktas of our traditional manuscripts such as Vedas remained unseen, where the Rishis had predicted the role of microorganisms known as Krimi or Jeevanu years before Leeuwenhoek. This note is an attempt to bring an emphasis to revisit our traditional Vedic knowledge and establish them through research based facts for wider acceptance globally.
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ISSN:0046-8991
0973-7715
DOI:10.1007/s12088-020-00911-5