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metallic legThanks to Prof. Narayanan Komerath for providing this absolutely

fascinatingURL link to this US DefenseLINKNews (American Forces Information

ServiceNews Article).The reference in this press release is to Vis'palaa

mentioned in theRigveda.http://www.hindunet.org/saraswati/rigveda/rvbook1.htm

See this URL for textdetails.RV 1.112.10 and RV 1.116.15 are addressed to

As'vinikumaara Trans.RV 1.112.10 With those aids by which you enabled the

opulent Vis'pala_, whenshe was unable to move, to go to the battle rich in a

thousand spoils, andby which you protected the devout Vas'a, the son of As'va;

with them,As'vins, come willingly hither. [Vis'pala_ was the wife of Khela, son

ofAgastya. Vas'a and Asva were r.s.is].RV 1.116.15 The foot of (Vispala_, the

wife of) Khela, was cut off, like thewing of a bird, in an engagement by night;

immediately you gave her ametallic leg, that she might walk, the hidden

treasure (of the enemy beingthe object of the conflict). [Khela was a king;

Agastya was his purohita.Through his prayers the As'vins gave Vis'pala_ a

metallic leg].Thanks and regards, Prof. Narayanan Komerath. You have made my

day. I claimto be an engineer from now on, having been engaged in computer

softwareengineering for Indian Railways and ADB. --, though I regret that I

didnot get engineering education. More power to DARPA.I recollect with fondness

the passionate statement HE President APJ AbdulKalam made in one of his speeches

about how proud he felt when a new alloywas invented by Bharatiya engineers to

create a light-weight artificial limbfor polio-crippled youths.

http://www.hvk.org/hvk/articles/0204/115.htmlRigveda heritage, the heritage of

Hindu civilization is world heritage andshould be cherished as the US Defense

engineers acknowledge.dhanyavaadah.k*DARPA's Cutting-Edge Programs

Revolutionize Prosthetics *By Donna MilesAmerican Forces Press

ServiceWASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2006 – In the old Star Wars movie "The Empire

StrikesBack," Luke Skywalker gets a new, fully functional right hand after

DarthVader chops his off with a light saber. Today, thanks to work under

waythrough the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, servicemembers

whohave lost limbs in the line of duty could experience something almost

asrevolutionary in the years ahead.Among the cutting-edge technology DARPA is

developing is a highly advanced,mechanical arm that works and looks just like a

human one, Jan Walker, aDARPA spokesperson, told the American Forces Press

Service.DARPA has awarded a $30.4 million contract for the program to Johns

HopkinsUniversity. Researchers at the Baltimore university's applied

physicslaboratory hope to create a prosthetic arm within the next four years

thatenables wearers to feel and manipulate

objects, lift up to 60 pounds andconduct normal, everyday tasks, even in the

dark, Walker said.The research, part of DARPA's Revolutionizing Prosthetics

2009 program,represents a quantum leap in the advancement of prosthetic

devices, shesaid. It basically involves connecting the limb directly into the

peripheraland central nervous system so users can operate the arm naturally,

just asthey move their biological arm.DARPA is looking at technologies and

breakthroughs to develop a prostheticarm that's controlled by the brain through

thought, Walker explained. Thelimb, as envisioned, would enable users to move

like they normally do,without having to think about the actual process to make

it happen.In another DARPA program, researchers at DEKA Research and

Development Corp.in Manchester, N.H., are collaborating with researchers and

cliniciansaround the country to create a prosthetic limb with near-human

strength

andappearance, Walker said.Working with an $18.1 million grant awarded under

DARPA's RevolutionizingProsthetics 2007 program, the company's Integrated

Solutions Division hopesto create a prosthetic arm that looks like a real one

and represents a majoradvance in currently available technology, she said.DARPA

hopes to have this advanced prosthetic ready for clinical trialswithin two

years.The dual programs represent the largest pool of funding for prosthetics

inat least a decade, Walker said.Improved body armor is saving lives that might

otherwise have been lostduring earlier wars, resulting in a surge in amputees

from operations inIraq and Afghanistan, defense officials noted. Two DoD

centers - one atWalter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington and one at Brooke

Army MedicalCenter in San Antonio - are dedicated specifically to amputees'

care.Army Col. Geoff Ling, DARPA's manager for the Revolutionizing

Prostheticsprograms, said the agency is committed to ensuring that service

members whohave lost limbs in the line of duty can go on to live normal

lives."At DARPA, we have a vision of a future where a soldier who has lost

anextremity in battle will regain full use of that limb again," he said.

"Wewill get to this future by making revolutionary, neurally

controlledprosthetics."DARPA is advancing the state of the art in prosthetics

as the agency worksto deliver an advanced upper-extremity prosthetic device

within the next twoyears, Ling said. In four years, DARPA plans on having a

prosthetic sorevolutionary that it is indistinguishable in use and appearance

to amissing arm.The results of these efforts will help transform the lives of

servicemembers wounded in combat who have sacrificed greatly, Ling said. "We

willdo whatever is necessary to restore these people who have given up so

muchfor the idea of freedom and

in service to their country," he said.The concept of prosthetic limbs for

wounded warriors goes back centuries. Asacred Indian poem, written in Sanskrit

between 3500 and 1800 B.C., tells ofthe warrior queen Vishpla who lost her leg

in battle. As the story goes,Vishpla was fitted with a prosthetic leg made of

iron so she could return tothe battlefield.The first large-scale program to fit

injured soldiers with prosthesis wasintroduced in the United States during the

Civil War, according tohistorical

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2 Thu, 9 Feb 2006 18:35:42 -0500Srinivasan Kalyanaraman Subject:

Some audio files on HinduAugust

5, 2005Swami Aksharanand ji, who holds a Ph.D. degree in Hindu Studies fromthe

University of Madison, Wisconsin (USA)The speech is

excellent..http://www.theuniversalwisdom.org/category/speakers/swami-aksharananda/Listen

also to:Sadhvi Rithambara: *Vatsalya Gram : A Unique solution for

newproblems*http://www.theuniversalwisdom.org/category/india/Swami Vivekananda:

*Vivekananda at World Parliament of Religion: ****PAPER ON **HINDUISM **Chicago,

19th September 1893 **Why we disagree? by SwamiVivekananda**Swami Vivekananda's

WelcomeAddress*And more...[This message contained

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3 Thu, 9 Feb 2006 18:11:54 -0500Srinivasan Kalyanaraman Subject:

Scanned agamas onlineScanned Agamas

On-Linehttp://www.himalayanacademy.com/resources/books/agamas/KAUAI, HAWAII,

February 9, 2006: HPI and Hinduism Today have launched amodest effort to

provide on-line scanned versions of hard-to-find orout-of-print Saiva Agama

texts. Available at "source" are Sanskrit versionsof Kamika Agama, Uttara

Karana Agama and Purva Karana Agama. These are PDFfiles. We are interested in

anyone who has copies of other of the 28 SaivaAgamas, in print or digital form,

or even ola leaves, which could bedigitized by us as part of a project to

provide English

translations of theprinciple Saiva Agamas. Contact ar (AT) hindu (DOT) org.[This message

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4 Thu, 9 Feb 2006 11:31:37 -0800 (PST)Mona Vijaykar Re:

DARPA's cutting-edge programs in prosthetics recall Rigveda vis'palaa's

metallic leg"Rigveda heritage, the heritage of Hindu civilization is world

heritage and should be cherished"This must be the Hindu community's constant

refrain while talking to educators.MonaSrinivasan Kalyanaraman wrote:Thanks to

Prof. Narayanan Komerath for providing this absolutely fascinating URL link to

this US DefenseLINKNews (American Forces Information Service News Article).The

reference in this press release is to Vis'palaa

mentioned in the Rigveda.http://www.hindunet.org/saraswati/rigveda/rvbook1.htm

See this URL for text details.RV 1.112.10 and RV 1.116.15 are addressed to

As'vinikumaara Trans. RV 1.112.10 With those aids by which you enabled the

opulent Vis'pala_, when she was unable to move, to go to the battle rich in a

thousand spoils, and by which you protected the devout Vas'a, the son of As'va;

with them, As'vins, come willingly hither. [Vis'pala_ was the wife of Khela, son

of Agastya. Vas'a and Asva were r.s.is]. RV 1.116.15 The foot of (Vispala_, the

wife of) Khela, was cut off, like the wing of a bird, in an engagement by

night; immediately you gave her a metallic leg, that she might walk, the hidden

treasure (of the enemy being the object of the conflict). [Khela was a king;

Agastya was his purohita. Through his prayers the As'vins gave Vis'pala_ a

metallic leg]. Thanks and regards, Prof. Narayanan Komerath. You have made my

day. I claim to be an engineer from

now on, having been engaged in computer software engineering for Indian Railways

and ADB. --, though I regret that I did not get engineering education. More

power to DARPA. I recollect with fondness the passionate statement HE President

APJ Abdul Kalam made in one of his speeches about how proud he felt when a new

alloy was invented by Bharatiya engineers to create a light-weight artificial

limb for polio-crippled youths.

http://www.hvk.org/hvk/articles/0204/115.htmlRigveda heritage, the heritage of

Hindu civilization is world heritage and should be cherished as the US Defense

engineers acknowledge.dhanyavaadah.kDARPA's Cutting-Edge Programs Revolutionize

Prosthetics By Donna MilesAmerican Forces Press ServiceWASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2006

– In the old Star Wars movie "The Empire Strikes Back," Luke Skywalker gets a

new, fully functional right hand after Darth Vader chops his off with a light

saber. Today, thanks to work under way through

the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, servicemembers who have lost

limbs in the line of duty could experience something almost as revolutionary in

the years ahead. Among the cutting-edge technology DARPA is developing is a

highly advanced, mechanical arm that works and looks just like a human one, Jan

Walker, a DARPA spokesperson, told the American Forces Press Service. DARPA has

awarded a $30.4 million contract for the program to Johns Hopkins University.

Researchers at the Baltimore university's applied physics laboratory hope to

create a prosthetic arm within the next four years that enables wearers to feel

and manipulate objects, lift up to 60 pounds and conduct normal, everyday tasks,

even in the dark, Walker said. The research, part of DARPA's Revolutionizing

Prosthetics 2009 program, represents a quantum leap in the advancement of

prosthetic devices, she said. It basically involves connecting the limb

directly into the peripheral and central

nervous system so users can operate the arm naturally, just as they move their

biological arm. DARPA is looking at technologies and breakthroughs to develop a

prosthetic arm that's controlled by the brain through thought, Walker explained.

The limb, as envisioned, would enable users to move like they normally do,

without having to think about the actual process to make it happen. In another

DARPA program, researchers at DEKA Research and Development Corp. in

Manchester, N.H., are collaborating with researchers and clinicians around the

country to create a prosthetic limb with near-human strength and appearance,

Walker said. Working with an $18.1 million grant awarded under DARPA's

Revolutionizing Prosthetics 2007 program, the company's Integrated Solutions

Division hopes to create a prosthetic arm that looks like a real one and

represents a major advance in currently available technology, she said. DARPA

hopes to have this advanced prosthetic ready

for clinical trials within two years. The dual programs represent the largest

pool of funding for prosthetics in at least a decade, Walker said. Improved

body armor is saving lives that might otherwise have been lost during earlier

wars, resulting in a surge in amputees from operations in Iraq and Afghanistan,

defense officials noted. Two DoD centers - one at Walter Reed Army Medical

Center in Washington and one at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio - are

dedicated specifically to amputees' care. Army Col. Geoff Ling, DARPA's manager

for the Revolutionizing Prosthetics programs, said the agency is committed to

ensuring that service members who have lost limbs in the line of duty can go on

to live normal lives. "At DARPA, we have a vision of a future where a soldier

who has lost an extremity in battle will regain full use of that limb again,"

he said. "We will get to this future by making revolutionary, neurally

controlled prosthetics."

DARPA is advancing the state of the art in prosthetics as the agency works to

deliver an advanced upper-extremity prosthetic device within the next two

years, Ling said. In four years, DARPA plans on having a prosthetic so

revolutionary that it is indistinguishable in use and appearance to a missing

arm. The results of these efforts will help transform the lives of service

members wounded in combat who have sacrificed greatly, Ling said. "We will do

whatever is necessary to restore these people who have given up so much for the

idea of freedom and in service to their country," he said. The concept of

prosthetic limbs for wounded warriors goes back centuries. A sacred Indian

poem, written in Sanskrit between 3500 and 1800 B.C., tells of the warrior

queen Vishpla who lost her leg in battle. As the story goes, Vishpla was fitted

with a prosthetic leg made of iron so she could return to the battlefield. The

first large-scale program to fit injured

soldiers with prosthesis was introduced in the United States during the Civil

War, according to historical

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