“Mantra therapy, metallic medicine, Samaveda’s disappearing recensions — ancient Hindu science was functional, not decorative.

Anchored by Samaveda specialists including Tottam Shivakaran Namboodiri — who is actively reviving an extinct Samaveda shakha, one of only four or five surviving out of the original 1,000 — the panel documents precise medical applications in Vedic texts: Chakshu Sama for visual impairment, Sirsha Sama for headache, Apatya Sama for fertility, and gold-silver-mercury Bhasma therapy traceable to modern micronutrient science. The framing is Vikasit Bharat 2047 — using traditional wisdom as the foundation for modern innovation, not as museum heritage but as living, applicable knowledge ready to be formalised and taught.”

About the Speakers:
Dr. Sivakaran Namboodiri is Chief Physician at Sreedhary Hospital, Kerala, and a distinguished Vedic priest specializing in Jaiminiya Samaveda chanting. He developed proprietary medicines for renal calculus, allergic rhinitis, and diabetes.

Prof. Rani Sadasiva Murty, Vice Chancellor of Sri Venkateswara Vedic University, Tirupati, is a renowned Sanskrit scholar with over 40 years of academic leadership. Author of 55 books, mentor to 27 Ph.D. scholars, and recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award (2016), he has represented Indian scholarship internationally.

Dr. Girijaprasad Shadangi, Assistant Professor of Samaveda at Sri Venkateswara Vedic University, is a Vedic scholar honored with the Samaveda Parangata award (2003). He participated in 30+ conferences, 100+ parayanas, and published 17 papers and 8 books.

Dr. Duvvuri Phani Yagneswara Yajulu is faculty in the Department of Krishnayajurveda at Sri Venkateswara Vedic University, Tirupati.