What Yajurved Knew (The Algorithm that Built India)
What happens when an entire civilization gets a software update? For thousands of years, Vedic people were semi-nomadic pastoralists, their wealth measured in cattle, their gods focused on conquest. Then came agriculture. And with it, the need for something revolutionary: a system. Rules. Calendars. Rituals. Algorithms.Welcome to the Yajurveda, the most "Indian" of all Vedas. In this episode, we explore:Why there are TWO versions of Yajurveda (and the dramatic guru-shishya breakup behind it)
The Ashwamedha ritual: what actually happened (viewer discretion advised)
The Mahavrata: Vedic culture's "chaos night"
The birth of Indian mathematics from ritual precision
Yagyavalkya & Maitreyi's mic-drop definition of love
Archaeological evidence: PGW vs NBPW pottery cultures
Why modern India might be ignoring its own "upside down"
Research notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R7iUEUaMrL-3-tM_cjrgN6VKotv_JAMYZx-yF3SxzrY/edit?usp=sharing
Key references:
Shatapatha Brahmana
Taittiriya Samhita
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
Jaiminiya Brahmana
"Greater Magadha" by Johannes Bronkhorst
Shulbasutras (Baudhayana, Apastamba)
Credits:
Tvashta illustration by @RigVedicLorebyAchintya https://www.instagram.com/p/DOtfbVhkl01/
Shiva Sankalpa Sutra by @GaieaSanskrit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHt1eBc3g8M
Agnihotra Ritual: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIXbTsbF8-A
Agnaye Swaha: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAFazz3tH_M
Upanishad Ganga by @ChinmayaChannel
PGW vs NBPW cultures by @speakingarchaeologically
NBPW culture by @JayVardhanSingh
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Videos in this series
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXfRsS8MzX4&t=5s
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