Inter-disciplinary research and development is one of the buzzwords today, in both academia and industry. We always make an extra effort to think "outside the box" in terms of not limiting ourselves within boundaries of our domain of specialization. It is a well known fact that there are departments in academic institutions, setup primarily for fostering inter-disciplinary research. We should be proud of several such success stories. Human Genome project, rocket sciences, computational linguistics etc. For improving the quality of living and for greater good of the world, experts have often shed the invisible barriers that exist between widely divergent domains.
These are not restricted to the sciences but also equally relevant to arts and literature as well. We can find such an example in Sanskrit literature. For instance, the epic 'Mahabharatha' composed by Maharshi Veda Vyasa- A wonderful historical document of the our country and specifically, Bharata dynasty. It consists of close of 1 Lakh Sanskrit verses of 4 lines each. If you ask any scholar in this domain, they would vouch that, this work is perhaps one of the best literary works of mankind.
More interesting aspect of this work is that all verses mathematically follow certain rules. In fact, any Sanskrit poem needs to follow a set of mathematical pattern. This is called Chandas (छन्दस् ). It is one of the necessary condition for any verse to be called as a poem. There are several such Chandas. Mahabharatha followed chandas called "Anushtup" (अनुष्टुप् ). Each of the ~4 lakh lines follow these mathematical formula. Shri Veda Vyasa had to be a mathematician, historian, poet, spiritual leader, guru, politician, sage etc. to have composed such a diverse work. Other such examples include music, astrology etc. We can discuss about each topic separately sometime.
These are not restricted to the sciences but also equally relevant to arts and literature as well. We can find such an example in Sanskrit literature. For instance, the epic 'Mahabharatha' composed by Maharshi Veda Vyasa- A wonderful historical document of the our country and specifically, Bharata dynasty. It consists of close of 1 Lakh Sanskrit verses of 4 lines each. If you ask any scholar in this domain, they would vouch that, this work is perhaps one of the best literary works of mankind.
More interesting aspect of this work is that all verses mathematically follow certain rules. In fact, any Sanskrit poem needs to follow a set of mathematical pattern. This is called Chandas (छन्दस् ). It is one of the necessary condition for any verse to be called as a poem. There are several such Chandas. Mahabharatha followed chandas called "Anushtup" (अनुष्टुप् ). Each of the ~4 lakh lines follow these mathematical formula. Shri Veda Vyasa had to be a mathematician, historian, poet, spiritual leader, guru, politician, sage etc. to have composed such a diverse work. Other such examples include music, astrology etc. We can discuss about each topic separately sometime.
