# Vedic science

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{{Short description|Pseudoscientific system of knowledge based on the Vedas}}

'''Vedic science''' refers to a [pseudoscientific](/source/pseudoscientific) system of knowledge based on the [Vedas](/source/Vedas), a large body of [religious texts](/source/religious_texts) originating in [ancient India](/source/ancient_India).<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Nanda |first=Meera |date=January 25, 2016 |title=Saffronized Science: Rampant Pseudoscience in “Vedic Garb” in the Indian Subcontinent |url=https://social-epistemology.com/2016/01/25/saffronized-science-rampant-pseudoscience-in-vedic-garb-in-the-indian-subcontinent-meera-nanda/ |journal=[Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective](/source/Social_Epistemology_(journal)) |volume=5 |issue=1}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Normandin |first=Sebastian |date=December 28, 2015 |title=Vimanas and Vedas: Pseudoscience in India |url=https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2015/12/vimanas-and-vedas-pseudoscience-in-india.html |website=[3 Quarks Daily](/source/3_Quarks_Daily)}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Kumar |first=Sanjay |date=February 13, 2019 |title=Hindu nationalists claim that ancient Indians had airplanes, stem cell technology, and the internet |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/hindu-nationalists-claim-ancient-indians-had-airplanes-stem-cell-technology-and |work=[Science](/source/Science_(journal))}}</ref>

==See also==
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* [Ayurveda](/source/Ayurveda)
* [Hindu cosmology](/source/Hindu_cosmology)
* [Hindu views on evolution](/source/Hindu_views_on_evolution)
* [Indian mathematics](/source/Indian_mathematics)
* [Indian units of measurement](/source/Indian_units_of_measurement)
* [Science and technology in ancient India](/source/Science_and_technology_in_ancient_India)
* [Shastra](/source/Shastra)
* [Vimana](/source/Vimana)

==References==
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Category:Pseudoscience
Category:Indian philosophy
Category:Vedas
Category:Vedangas
Category:Ayurveda

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