Vedānta texts have been well known for their richness in fundamental scientific and technological principles with strong potential for research and development today. In fact, much of ancient India’s remarkable achievements in science and technology can be credited to Vedantic texts. This volume – proceedings of the 22nd International Congress of Vedanta held during 27-30 December 2015 at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi – features 53 scholarly articles from a wide variety of areas of study. The 22nd Vedanta was a confluence of scholars from various disciplines and the papers in this volume bear the imprint of an intense discussion that is usually expected from a good Vedanta seminar. Though the majority of the papers are in English, a few are in Sanskrit and Hindi as well. The papers are grouped under Vedānta Studies, Vedānta and Philosophy, Vedānta and Science, Vedānta and Culture, Applied Vedānta, and Digital Access and Search of Sanskrit Texts. This multidimensional approach extends the core scientific ideas of Vedānta to social, cultural, aesthetic and religious aspects of studies, creating a wide spectrum of intellectual discourse and trying to discover fundamental scientific and technological aspects of Vedānta studies. Being a worthwhile addition to Vedānta studies, this volume should invoke keen interest among all those who are deeply into it, be a student, a researcher or a common reader. CONTENTS Preface v VEDĀNTA STUDIES 1. The Contemporary Relevance of Vedāntic Moral Principles – Raghunath Ghosh 2. Is Madhu-Brahman the Gist of Vedānta? – Asha Rani Tripathi 3. Vedāntic Pedagogy and Its Classical Relevance – Chaitali Kanjilal 4. वैदिक शिक्षण-पद्धति की ḍासंगिकता (वर्तमान के सन्दर्भ में) मंजु शर्मा 5. The Concept of Identity in Advaita Vedānta – Tamoghna Sarkar 6. Vedāntic Model of Self-Management : With Special Reference to the Chāndogyopaniṣadvākya – Satyamurti 7. Legacy of Sāṁkhya Concepts in Śaṅkara’s Interpretation: An Exegesis – Kakali Ghosh 8. The Interpretation of Mithyājñānanimitta in the Pañcapādikā – Takahiro Kato 9. Citsukha’s critique of Universal – Himani Vasudev 10. Emasculated Gods: A Study of Bisexual Identities in Saptamātṛkā Iconography – Aniruddha Kar and Soham Pain 11.प्रतीक: प्रतिमाया”च स्वरूपम् आगम”ाास्त्रनुसारेण µ भास्कर-रायः 12. The Problem of the Ekajīva in Dr̥ṣṭisr̥ṣṭivāda – Vivek Karmakar VEDĀNTA AND PHILOSOPHY 13. Phenomenology of I-Consciousness in Advaita Vedānta: Some Reflections of P.T. Raju – K. Srinivas 14. Hermeneutic Perspective on Consciousness in Advaita Vedānta – R.P. Singh 15. On the Method of Tat-tvam-asi – Krishnan Sugavanam 16. The Sphoṭa Theory in the Indic Philosophy: The Ancient vs the Moder – Pitambar Behera 17. औपनिजदिक सृज्टि चिन्तन दृ प्रियंका उपाध्याय 18. Reflections of the Vedāntic Concepts in the Mahābhārata: In Context of Brahman and Ātman – Priyanka Pandey 19. उपनिजत्सु अमृतस्वरूपम् दृ अमित कुमार दे 20. सो{हमस्मि: आध्यात्मिक और भौतिक जीवन का संयोजन µ चन्दा कुमारी 21. Man: A Sophisticated Ape?: – An Upaniṣadic Resolution – Shiva Rahman 22. Sense and Sensuality: Interpreting Tāntric Practice with Existential Phenomenology – Shiva Rahman 23. An Epistemological Analysis of the States of Consciousness: The Māṇḍūkya Model – Surjya Kamal Borah and Shruti Rai 24. The Concept of Tattvatraya in Yatīndramatadīpikā: An Authentic Compendium of Viśiṣṭādvaita – Sundari Vishwanathan 25. The Seen and the Unseen Verities in Tattvatraya Analysed – T.K. Parthasarathy 26. मानमेयादिव्यवस्थायां “ांका तत् समाधानṬच µ अर्णव घोजालः 27. An Endless Quest for Immortality: Tagore’s Interpretation in the Light of Vedānta – Gargi Bhattacharya 28. सम्बन्ध तत्त्व: “ाांकरवेदान्तीय विवेचन 382 µ विवेक “ार्मा VEDĀNTA AND SCIENCE 29. Cosmology and Psychology: Sāṁkhya-Yoga and Vedānta Point of View – Sanghamitra Sengupta 30. Contribution of Āryabhaṭīya to Mathematics and Astronomy: Modern Perspectiv – Daya Shankar Tiwary 31. Delineation of Consciousness in Vedāntic and Siddāntic Traditions – S. Rammohan 32. Science and Spirituality: Vedāntic Perspective – Rupali Raghunath Wadekar 33. Upaniṣadic Thoughts on Epigenetics – Om Prakash 34. श्रीरामकृज्णानां विज्ञानवेदान्तदि”ाा ई”वरस्वरूपपर्यालोचनम् µ पला”ा घोडइः 35. Nature and Importance of the Means to Liberation in Advaita Vedānta – Sandhya Pruthi 36. आधुनिकविज्ञाने प्रश।ोपनिजदः योगदानम् 505 µ अनुश्रिता मण्डल VEDĀNTA AND CULTURE 37. अथातो वेदान्तवर्णमीमांसा µ रामसेवक दुबे 38. Reflections of Vedāntic Wisdom in Indian Culture – Chandan Kumar Chakraborty 39. Philosophy of Śrī Śaṅkarācārya: Its Relevance to Present Age – Chakradhar Behera 40. Aesthetic Vedānta – Merina Islam 41. Caste System and Vivekananda – Arup Jyoti Sarma 42. Vedānta and Music – Gayathri Giris 43. Vedānta and the Varṇa System – Manjushree Hegde 44. प्रस्थानत्रयीशंकरभाष्य में कर्म-सिद्धान्त का विशलेषण 615 µ अनीता लोचिब APPLIED VEDĀNTA (YOGA, ĀYURVEDA, ETC.) 45. Vedānta and Yogic Prāṇa-Vidyā – Shashi Tiwari 46. Śrīkaṇṭha’s Śaivaviśiṣṭādvaita and Śaṅkara’s Advaita: Review of Some Concepts – T. Ganesan DIGITAL ACCESS AND RESEARCH OF SANSKRIT TEXTS 47. Editing Unicode Devanāgarī Text through Digital Braille Typewriter – Diwakar Mishra and Bhartendu Pandey 48. Multimedia and E-Learning-Based Presentation of Sanskrit Heritage Texts: The Case of Śrīmadbhagavadgītā – Devendra Singh Rajput 49. Preservation of Science and Technology Manuscripts of Sanskrit: A Technology based Approach – Devendra Singh Rajput and Girish Nath Jha 50. संस्कृत छन्द ि”ाक्षण हेतु छात्रें एवं ि”ाक्षकों के लिए वेब-आधारित सहायक तन्त्र का विकास µ रवि कुमार मीना एवं सुभाज चन्द्र 51. वेदान्त ग्रन्थों के अर्थनिर्धारण हेतु नियम एवं उदाहरण संयुत्तफ़ विधि का प्रयोग करके संस्कृत सनाद्यन्त िṢयापदों की संगणकीय पहचान एवं वि”लेजण µ भूपेन्द्र कुमार एवं सुभाज चन्द्र 52. नियम एवं उदाहरण मिश्रित विधि से वेदान्त ग्रन्थों के व्याकरणिक विशलेषण के लिए तिद्धतान्त पदों की संगणकीय पहचान एवं वि”लेजण µ साक्षी एवं सुभाज चन्द्र 53. उदाहरण-नियम संयुत्तफ़ विधि से संस्कृत िक्रयापदों का अभिज्ञान, विशलेषण एवं रूपसििद्ध तन्त्र का विकास µ विवेक कुमार एवं सुभाज चन्द्र ब्वदजतपइनजवते प्दकमग “शब्दानुक्रमणिका