This paper examines a point of intersection between the work of the late Robert de Marrais and Vedic Physics. Specifically, de Marrais discussed the concept of Lissajous Figures in relation to Sedenions and his 42 Assessors, in his first paper about Box Kites. Later, John Baez took up a related subject, the problem of epicycloids, apparently without having read the work of de Marrais. This pape...

BACKGROUND This study focused on hypotheses regarding the source of incompleteness in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). For this, we had to document the behavioral manifestation of incompleteness in compulsive rituals, predicting that an exaggerated focus on acts that are appropriate for the task will support the hypothesis on heightened responsibility/perfectionism. In contrast, activity pa...

From a survey of the behavior of animals in the wild, in captivity, under the influence of psychoactive drugs and in a model of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), we identify that the behavioral repertoire invariably includes motor rituals, and that such rituals are performed at a few specific locations/objects in the environment with an orderly transition amongst locations/objects. The conce...

Religious rituals that are painful or highly stressful are hypothesized to be costly signs of commitment essential for the evolution of complex society. Yet few studies have investigated how such extreme ritual practices were culturally transmitted in past societies. Here, we report the first study to analyze temporal and spatial variation in bloodletting rituals recorded in Classic Maya (ca. 2...

The Vedic Personality Inventory was devised to assess the validity of the Vedic concept of the three gunas or modes of nature as a psychological categorization system. The sample of 619 subjects included persons of varying ages and occupations from a middle-size city in southeastern United States, and also of subscribers to a magazine focusing on Eastern-style spirituality. The original 90-item...

This paper presents Multiply and Accumulate (MAC) unit design using Vedic Multiplier, which is based on Urdhva Tiryagbhyam Sutra. The paper emphasizes an efficient 32-bit MAC architecture along with 8-bit and 16-bit versions and results are presented in comparison with conventional architectures. The efficiency in terms of area and speed of proposed MAC unit architecture is observed through red...

Convolution and Deconvolution is having wide area of application in Digital Signal Processing. Convolution helps to estimate the output of a system with arbitrary input, with knowledge of impulse response of the system. Linear systems characteristics are completely specified by the systems impulse response, as governed by the mathematics of convolution. And with the knowledge of impulse respons...

the principles and practice of sustainability have gained momentum in the last 15 years and now form a central part of conversations around social praxis and the future. it has been proposed that the theories driving sustainability science are embedded in indigenous history, and it has been shown that many ancient traditions always concerned themselves with sustainable and ethical living. among...