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Agnihotra Yajna: A Prototype of South Asian Traditional Medical Knowledge
Rahul Raveendran Nair 사단법인약침학회 2017 Journal of Acupuncture & Meridian Studies Vol.10 No.2
This study conceptualizes the principle of agnihotra yajna. The perusal of ancient and modern literature reveals that the functioning of the human body is impossible without maintaining an energetic continuum driven by sunlight. The seven major chakras existing over the spinal cord help to maintain this energetic continuum. Agnihotra yajna is proposed to balance the chakra system as a whole by minimizing entropy. Offerings of natural elements to fire lit in a copper pyramid during agnihotra liberate various volatile compounds having potent pharmacological actions. Attempts were made to enhance the efficacy of fumes by incorporating two to three pieces of coconut endosperm and “navadhanya” (nine grains) to the conventional fire oblations. This investigation clearly demonstrates that the purpose behind the practice of agnihotra yajna is “letting incessant flow of energy (LIFE)” through our meridian lines and acupuncture points. The volatile organic compounds in smoke were analyzed using the gas chromatographyemass spectrometry method, and the results are discussed.
Suhas S. Shetye,Rahul Mohan,Abhilash Nair 한국지질과학협의회 2014 Geosciences Journal Vol.18 No.2
We used silicoflagellate assemblage records to describethe polar frontal variability over the last 48kyr in the Indian sectorof the Southern Ocean. The studied core was collected onboardORV Sagar Nidhi from within the Polar frontal zone (PFZ) duringthe 4th Indian Scientific Expedition to Southern Ocean. The Polar frontis dominated by silica-rich sediments (diatoms and silicoflagellates). Silicoflagellates were dominated by Distephanus speculum andDictyocha fibula species. The biostratigraphic record of these silicoflagellateswas used qualitatively to examine past changes inpolar frontal variability in the Southern Ocean. Warming is indicatedby an increase (decrease) in Dictyocha sp. (Distephanus sp.) from theLGM to the Holocene. Dictyocha sp. abundance indicates warmertemperatures during 43–45 kyr and is nearly synchronous withthe warming event recorded in an Antarctic ice core. Dictyocha/Distephanus ratio also suggests a northern and southern shift inthe polar front during LGM and 43–45 kyr respectively. The southwarddisplacement of the frontal system is linked to an increase insea surface temperature as evidenced from the δ18O Byrd Antarcticice core data and solar insolation data. The low dust flux, higherδ18O and absence of an upwelling indicator diatom, Thallasionemanitzchoides during the Antarctic warming event also suggest strongerthermal stratification during the Antarctic warming event ascompared to LGM. The present study would improve our understandingof the frontal variability under future warming scenarios.