Jaina Gazette 1936 02

SR No.: 034892
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Ajitprasad, C S Mallinath
Publisher: Jaina Gazettee Office
Publication Year: 1936
Total Pages: 38
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 5 MB

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NOTES & NEWS enthusiasm for western science. He also considered it a pity that Indian Ayurveda was so systematically neglected by Indian medical men.
Similarly, in the regions of the subconscious mind science was helpless, while the Indian combination of psychology and physiology in practical Yog helped in the development not only of the soul but also of the body, and it was up to scientists to rescue Yoga and put it on a scientific basis instead of neglecting it. Dayalbagh. The 7th All-India Sewa Samiti Boy Scout's Mela at Dayalbagh, Agra, which commenced on the 26th and lasted till the 30th December 1935, was an unprecede. nted success. The Oriental Conference.
Opening the discussion of the Vedic Section, Dr. Manilal Patel, of Visawabharati, Santiniketan, enuciated the principles along which a modern scientific translation of the Riga Veda should be made. “The new translation of the Rig Veda should be scientific, accurate and justi. fied in the light of the results of (a) the traditional interpretations, (*) the liturgy and classical Indian thought, (c) Vedic grammar and syntax, (d) comparative philology and, (e) comparative religion."
There were about 125 papers read and discussed in the 13 sections of the Conference. About 500 delegates took part. Prof. H.H. The Maharajah of Mysore was “At Home" to the delegates of the Oriental Conference at the Krishnaraja Sagar. The next Conference will meet at Trivandrum in 1937 at the invitation of the Travan. core Government A night rainbow was observed near London, by some residents of Canvey Island (Essex) one morning when going to catch their trains for the city,