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.T.V.Sambasivam Pillai writes, They arrived at conclu-sions.from introspective reflection and mental vision rather than by the toilsomeand tedious researches of the laboratory from the imaginary knowledge rather thanintuitional one.So the only conclusion to be arrived at lastly, is the spiritualismwhich is the real, and in that reality, they saw further and deeper beyond the ordi-nary comprehension, and achieved more than it would have been possible for theWest. 132 The accomplishments of Tamil science are achieved through the powerof the Tamil intellect, while those of Western science are won through mechanicalapparati.Sambasivam Pillai contrasts the spiritualism which is the real with the tedious material researches of Western scientists that bring imaginary knowl-edge, thereby inverting colonial critiques that the Tamil sciences are based moreon fancies of the imagination than on evidence.His stereotypes of the West are typ-ical of a reverse Orientalism according to which the essence of all things Westernis materialistic, superficial, and mechanical, knowing only the dead body of manand not the living image in him presented by Nature. 133 The siddhars are not onlythe historical founders of science but also the exemplary models of what it meansto be scientific.Faced with the clear technical advantage of biomedical institutions,vaidyas posit that the most powerful forms of mastery are gained through naturalmental ability and tradition, and not with technical superiority and innovation.They thereby leave open the possibility that the Tamil sciences might assume theirprior and rightful position at the apex of the world s sciences.We know how to make this iracamaõi pill from Tirumular s 8000-versetext, and we know that at the beginning of time, the siddhars circledmany worlds.While today Westerners think of going to celestialbodies in their rockets with scientific methods, our siddhars went tothe moon and other worlds thousands of years before with the help ofthe kavana pill.When will the day come when Tirumular s 8000-verseÉtext, which contains all these details, will be published? That will be agreat day for our medical world.Long live the siddhars, geniuses whohave seen worlds beyond the reach of scientists! Long live the artsof the siddhars! 134The siddhars mastered not only nature and the world but time itself.Thesystems of knowledge they developed were not only the first sciences but remainthe highest aspirations for future sciences.In achieving immortality, the siddharsachieved timelessness, in that to be immortal is to have already survived forever,that is, to stand outside of history.This is also the claim and hope of siddha vaidyas the miraculous origins of siddha medicine 77for their medical tradition, and of Tamil revivalists for Tamil tradition as a whole.Tradition is, in T.V.Sambasivam Pillai s words, a real science because it holdsgood at all times the past, the present and the future.The facts well-ascertainedin our ancient books of some thousands of years ago have never been disputed orin any way criticized and so cannot lose their ground being nothing short of truths,135and nothing but absolute and universal truths. The characterization of the sid-dhars and Tamil tradition as timeless and immortal is less a description of historythan it is a hopeful vision for a lineage of Tamil knowledge whose future, giventhe forceful challenge of biomedical technology and Indian nationalism, appearsuncertain.ConclusionIn eulogistic writings of the founders of their medical knowledge and practices,siddha vaidyas consistently link the siddhars Tamil character with their mastery ofnature, society, and the world.Tamil authors are aware that civilizations are judgedon the basis of their technological and scientific accomplishments.They also knowthat the development of technological superiority, aside from its ideological value,has played a major role in the mechanics of imperialism and remains an advan-tage in competitive global economic markets.In Dialectic of Enlightenment, MaxHorkheimer and Theodor Adorno speak of the enlightenment project to demystifyand subsequently to master nature.For them, Francis Bacon best embodies thegoals of the enlightenment, primary among which is the happy match between themind of man and the nature of things [ Pobierz caÅ‚ość w formacie PDF ]
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.T.V.Sambasivam Pillai writes, They arrived at conclu-sions.from introspective reflection and mental vision rather than by the toilsomeand tedious researches of the laboratory from the imaginary knowledge rather thanintuitional one.So the only conclusion to be arrived at lastly, is the spiritualismwhich is the real, and in that reality, they saw further and deeper beyond the ordi-nary comprehension, and achieved more than it would have been possible for theWest. 132 The accomplishments of Tamil science are achieved through the powerof the Tamil intellect, while those of Western science are won through mechanicalapparati.Sambasivam Pillai contrasts the spiritualism which is the real with the tedious material researches of Western scientists that bring imaginary knowl-edge, thereby inverting colonial critiques that the Tamil sciences are based moreon fancies of the imagination than on evidence.His stereotypes of the West are typ-ical of a reverse Orientalism according to which the essence of all things Westernis materialistic, superficial, and mechanical, knowing only the dead body of manand not the living image in him presented by Nature. 133 The siddhars are not onlythe historical founders of science but also the exemplary models of what it meansto be scientific.Faced with the clear technical advantage of biomedical institutions,vaidyas posit that the most powerful forms of mastery are gained through naturalmental ability and tradition, and not with technical superiority and innovation.They thereby leave open the possibility that the Tamil sciences might assume theirprior and rightful position at the apex of the world s sciences.We know how to make this iracamaõi pill from Tirumular s 8000-versetext, and we know that at the beginning of time, the siddhars circledmany worlds.While today Westerners think of going to celestialbodies in their rockets with scientific methods, our siddhars went tothe moon and other worlds thousands of years before with the help ofthe kavana pill.When will the day come when Tirumular s 8000-verseÉtext, which contains all these details, will be published? That will be agreat day for our medical world.Long live the siddhars, geniuses whohave seen worlds beyond the reach of scientists! Long live the artsof the siddhars! 134The siddhars mastered not only nature and the world but time itself.Thesystems of knowledge they developed were not only the first sciences but remainthe highest aspirations for future sciences.In achieving immortality, the siddharsachieved timelessness, in that to be immortal is to have already survived forever,that is, to stand outside of history.This is also the claim and hope of siddha vaidyas the miraculous origins of siddha medicine 77for their medical tradition, and of Tamil revivalists for Tamil tradition as a whole.Tradition is, in T.V.Sambasivam Pillai s words, a real science because it holdsgood at all times the past, the present and the future.The facts well-ascertainedin our ancient books of some thousands of years ago have never been disputed orin any way criticized and so cannot lose their ground being nothing short of truths,135and nothing but absolute and universal truths. The characterization of the sid-dhars and Tamil tradition as timeless and immortal is less a description of historythan it is a hopeful vision for a lineage of Tamil knowledge whose future, giventhe forceful challenge of biomedical technology and Indian nationalism, appearsuncertain.ConclusionIn eulogistic writings of the founders of their medical knowledge and practices,siddha vaidyas consistently link the siddhars Tamil character with their mastery ofnature, society, and the world.Tamil authors are aware that civilizations are judgedon the basis of their technological and scientific accomplishments.They also knowthat the development of technological superiority, aside from its ideological value,has played a major role in the mechanics of imperialism and remains an advan-tage in competitive global economic markets.In Dialectic of Enlightenment, MaxHorkheimer and Theodor Adorno speak of the enlightenment project to demystifyand subsequently to master nature.For them, Francis Bacon best embodies thegoals of the enlightenment, primary among which is the happy match between themind of man and the nature of things [ Pobierz caÅ‚ość w formacie PDF ]