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| Title: | REG investigation of the consciousness field: Effects of an Apthoryama yajña |
| Authors: | Thakur, Ghanshyam Singh
Nagendra, H R
Nagarathna, R |
| Keywords: | Apthoryama yajña
Environment
Random event generator (REG) |
| Issue Date: | Apr-2012 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl.8: A61H, A61, A99, A01D 8/01 |
| Abstract: | Vedic knowledge
states that yajñas have effects on the environment and people. Yajñas
of various kinds are elaborated in the Vedic literature. Among
Soma yajñas, the Apthoryama
Yajña is the chief and the largest. From 17 - 26 April 2007,
an Apthoryama yajña was organized in Bangalore and evaluation of its
effects on the environment, society and human beings was encouraged. Our study
used a Random Event Generator (REG)
placed 12 m from the site of the yajña to evaluate its effects on the consciousness-field. Significant increases in REG values
were found on several occasions on all days, compared to control days with no yajña.
Particularly significant changes occurred on the following days: the second day
during Vedic chanting (p<0.001); the third day on four occasions, Agni Prasthapana (p<0.05), Soma Kriya (p<0.05), Shainchitti (p<0.001) and Pravargya (p<0.01); the fifth day
during Pravargya (p<0.05); the
sixth day during Subramanyam Ahwan
(p<0.001) and Garun Chayana
(p<0.05); the eighth day during Garun
Cayana (p<0.05), Agni udbhava
(p<0.05) and Subramanyam Ahwan
(p<0.05); and the ninth day during Soma
yajña (p<0.05) and the final Puja
(p<0.05). |
| Page(s): | 362-368 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print) |
| Source: | IJTK Vol.11(2) [April 2012]
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