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Journal: Vedic Science
Volume: 27 | Issue: 4 | Year: 2025
Pages: 50–54
DOI: https://doi.org/10.xxxx/vedic.2025.xxx
Received:  28 Sept. 2025
Accepted: 25 October, 2025
Published: 30 Nov., 2025

2025: Quantum Physics' Centenary & 150 Years of Arya Samaj: The Vedic Epistemological Perspective : A Comparative Study

 Sindhu Bhogal, Veda Niketan & School of Vedic Studies, Arya Samaj South Africa, 87 Harbottle Rd, Sydenham, Durban, 4091, South Africa

Abstract

2025 marks twin milestones in humanity's intellectual journey: the 100^th anniversary of quantum physics' formal establishment through Werner Heisenberg's matrix mechanics, and the 150^th year of the Arya Samaj movement founded by Swami Dayanand Saraswati. This convergence is profoundly significant - while quantum physics revolutionised our understanding of the material universe, the Arya Samaj revived the rational, scientific foundations of Vedic knowledge systems.

At their core, both revolutions shared a common epistemological approach - what Dayanand termed Yukti-vicār (rational inquiry). The quantum pioneers - Einstein, Bohr, Heisenberg, Schrödinger, and Bose - employed methods strikingly similar to the pramāṇa (means of knowledge) systematised in Nyāya philosophy. This article explores these parallels, revealing how Vedic epistemology not only anticipated but conceptually framed the scientific methods that gave birth to quantum theory.

Keywords

Quantum Physics Epistemology; Vedic Epistemology; Pramāṇa; History of Quantum Mechanics; Yukti-vicār; Science and Religion; Comparative Philosophy; Nyāya Philosophy; Philosophy of Science; Matrix Mechanics; Bose-Einstein Statistics; Albert Einstein; Niels Bohr; Satyendra Nath Bose

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How to cite this article

Bhogal, S.  (2025). Busting the myth of the Arya–Dravidian divide in India. Vedic Science, 27(4), 7–21. https://doi.org/10.66376/vedicscience.v27.n4.1