In the Bhagavad Gita, Lord has thus ordained:

ye yatha mam prapadyante, tanstathaiva bhajamyaha

mama vartmanuvartante manushya

partha sarvasa

Tr: The way they approach me, I too approach them in the same (reciprocating) manner. O Partha, all human beings follow paths leading to me.

To the seers of the Rigveda

the Brahma revealed Itself in the form of Rcs; to the saints as all powerful deities manifesting in different forms; to the philosophers as dual existence dealt in the sankhya philosophy; while to a mathematician it is manifested in the form of mathematical equations.

Dr. Chidambaram's work

ushers readers into the mathematical landscape of spirituality. It is simple enough to understand with some basic knowledge of mathematics. It will pave the way for coming generations of mathematicians to chart novel ways to understand the Ultimate reality, the Supreme Brahman, through mathematics as laid down here.

About the author

Dr. Pramod Pathak, Author and Indologist, Panaji, Goa