The greatest scientist of India was a dalit ('where there is a will there is a way')

by Ultimate Dalit Wed May 28, 2014 8:58 am

It is true that the great astronomer-mathematician-scientist of India Aryabhata was a dalit. Although 'bhatta' implies a brahmin, Aryabhata spells his own name as 'bhata' in his writings and this is also how he is spelled by other Indian scientists like Varahmira and Brahmagupt in their works. Now the name 'bhata' implies a dalit.

Since dalits were not getting an education in Aryabhata's days how did he manage to become such a great scientist? The speculative answer is: by becoming a budhist. There was a physician-scientist called Vagabhata who made original contributions to Indian medicine and is believed to have been a dalit who later converted to Budhism. Presumably, Aryabhata was also able to gain a good education by the same method.

This reminds one of the old adage 'where there is a will there is a way'.

by Vakavaka Pakapaka Wed May 28, 2014 1:54 pm

Yeah.

Hotra is Mootra
Joshi is Doshi
Sharma is Karma
Banerjee is Energy
Pundit is Fun-in-it

They are all Dalits.

End of the story.

The greatest scientist of India was a dalit ('where there is a will there is a way')

The greatest scientist of India was a dalit ('where there is a will there is a way')

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