A Popular Dictionary of Hinduism
in ancient India was advanced in some branches.
The decimal numerical system reached Europe from India by Arabic mediation and, generally speaking, European mathematics overtook Indian achievements only with Leibniz. Astronomical notions concerning the enormous size and extremely long duration of the universe and the multiplicity of world systems also preceded by many centuries the European grasp of such matters. While its outlook remains naturally supramundane, contemporary Hinduism has a positive attitude to modern scientific knowledge and accommodates it without any problems as long as science confines itself to its own subject area and does not overstep the mark by insisting on denying transcendental levels of reality and the validity of the cosmic law in all its spheres, including its spiritual and moral dimensions.
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