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NON-CONVENTIONAL SOLUTIONS TOENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS WITH REFERENCE TOVEDIC SCIENCE

Ph. D. Thesis by Mrs Mamta Saxena,

FromDev Sanskriti Vishwa Vidyalaya



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Scope of Study

In my research work I conducted someexperimental studies to study thepossible application of the Vedicprocedure of Yagya in environmental

purification.



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Solution With Reference to

Vedic Science Conducted several experiments to study the effect of

Yagya on the atmospheric air microflora, pollutantgases and odour, both indoor and out door, in

collaboration with the Central Pollution Control Board(CPCB), Delhi.

Experiments were also conducted to study the effectof Yagya and also that of Non-Yagya on airMicroflora.

The study was done to explore the Vedic claim that‘Yagya ’ is an effective measure/process to reduce thelevel of Air Pollution.



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Major Pollutants and Health

HazardsCarbon Monoxide (fromgasoline cars, 2-3-wheelers)

Fatal in case of large dose: aggravatesheart disorders; effects central nervoussystem; impairs oxygen carryingcapacity of blood. Main symptoms are

poor reflexes, ringing in the ears,headache, dizziness, nausea, breathingdifficulties, drowsiness and reducedwork capacity.

Nitrogen Oxides (NOx)

(from diesel vehicles)

Irritation of respiratory tract, increasedrisk of viral infections, lung irritation,

airway resistance, chest tightness anddiscomfort, eye burning, headache etc



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Major Pollutants and Health

Hazards Contd.Respirable ParticulateMatter( RSPM from fuel

combustion, power plants, wood

burning, industrial processes anddiesel powered vehicles )

Respiratory illness including chronicbronchitis, asthma, pulmonaryemphysema, aggravates heartdisease etc.

Sulphur dioxide ( mainlyfrom fuels like diesel)

Aggravates heart and lungdiseases, increases the risk of respiratory illness( includingchronic bronchitis, asthma,pulmonary emphysema), cancer( may not show for decades afterexposure) etc.



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Biological Pollutants in Indoor Air

and their Health Hazards The most common indoor biological

contaminants are bacteria, viruses, housedust mites, fungi, pathogens, pollens

etc.They are known to cause: infections, where pathogens invade human

tissues; hypersensitivity diseases, where specific

activation of the immune system causesdisease; and

toxicoses, where biologically producedchemical toxins cause direct toxic effects.



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Vedic Management of

Environmental Pollution As the ancient science of this country was very rich

and had the solutions to almost all the problems of humankind, it was felt that we should try to find

solution to today’s environmental problems throughthem.

The science of ‘Yagya ’ which was developed in theearly prehistoric period, was further developed in theVedic period and was found to be very useful for the

mankind. Cleaning of atmosphere and its purificationthrough removal of foul odour, lowering of harmfulgas levels, removal of harmful microbes and removalof insects was one of the co-products.



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Yagya Literally speaking Yagya means – selfless sacrifice for

noble purposes. In physical terms, Yagya (homam, havan) is a process

aimed at the finest utilization of the subtle energyexisting in matter with the help of the thermal energyof fire and the sound energy of the mantras.

There are two basic systems in the physical world:Heat and Sound. In performing Yagya , these two

energies, namely heat from Yagya ’s fire and the soundof the mantra are combined to achieve the desiredphysical, psychological and spiritual benefits.



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Vedic Solution to

Environmental Problems In Vedas and Smrities, Environmental Pollution is mentioned (Dr.

(Mrs.) Pravesh Saxena ,2004) because of i. Air Pollution, ii. Water pollution, iii. Land pollution and iv. Pollution

due to mechanical equipments and machineries.

In the Vedic times people considered Air, Water, Earth, Trees,Mountains ,Sun and Space as an integral part of one environment (Dr.Kapil Dev Dwivedi, 2000) which should be revered and conserved.

To destroy them meant inviting their wrath in the form of naturaldisasters.

The main components of environment, their contribution inmaintaining the environmental balance and possible solutions to

environmental problems prevalent in Vedic Days have been discussedin brief in my Thesis.



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Yagya : the Basic

Experiment Objective: is to find a solution to the

problem of atmospheric pollution throughYagya . I conducted several experiments totest the validity of the statement that Yagya purifies the atmosphere by carrying out theaction in three folds:

By removing the foul odour

By absorbing and thereby lowering the level of pollutinggases as NO2, SO2 etc.

And by killing the harmful germs/ microbes in theatmosphere



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Types of Experiments

Conducted Indoor Yagya : to study the effect of

Yagya on atmospheric pollution

Indoor Yagya vs. Non-Yagya to studythe effect of proper Yagya vis a vis anon Yagya where only plain wood was

burnt under other similar conditions. Out door Yagya to study the effect of

Yagya in the outer atmosphere.



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Parameters studied All the experiments were conducted by me and the

samples were taken and analysed by the CentralPollution Control Board( CPCB), Delhi. The sampling

devices and petridishes were also provided by theCPCB. The following parameters were studied in theexperiments:

Odour

Air Microflora viz. Bacteria, Fungi, Pathogens, TotalMicroflora NO2 , SO2 and Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM)



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Impact of Yagya on Indoor Microbial

Environment – A case Study Four Indoor experiments, were

conducted in June 04, Jan 05, Feb. 05

and April 05 respectively. The ambient air was sampled by using

the ‘Gravity Settle Method’ .

Four samples were taken in a day so asto have a picture of the variabilityduring the day.



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Indoor Yagya- Methodology In each of the experiment, a day before the

experiment, the background was sampled,

then on the day of experiment, which wasperformed early in the morning, sampleswere taken and after Yagya till three days thesampling was continued to see the effect.



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Aggregate Bacterial

Counts – Indoor Study

day3

day2

day1

During

BackG



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Aggregate Fungi Counts-

Indoor Study

day3

day2

day1During

BackG

Fungi Counts



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Aggregate TMF Counts-Indoor Study

day3

day2

day1

DuringBackG

Total Microflora Counts



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Aggregate Pathogen Counts-Indoor Study

day3

day2

day1During

BackG

Pathogen Counts



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Duration of Effect

In order to study the duration of effect of Yagya on atmospheric microbes, the 4thexperiment was conducted till 7 days after

Yagya . It is seen that there is 92%, 88%, 87%

and79% decrease in counts of Bacteria,Fungi, TMF & Pathogens respectively with

respect to the background even 7 days afterthe experiment. This shows that the effect of Yagya continues even till 7 days after Yaygahas been conducted.



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Yagya Vs. Non- Yagya – A case Studyon the Indoor Microbial Environment

April 2003 -Two indoor experiments were

performed simultaneously one Yagya- with

proper rituals, Mantras, Havan Samigri etc. andanother one Non-Yagya performed withoutrituals, Mantras and Havan Samigri etc.

April 2004 – Similar experiments were

repeated at the same venue after one year.



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Bacteria Counts – Yagya Vs.Non-Yagya

17.4.04 18.4.0419.4.04

20.4.04

Yagya BacteriaNon-yagya Bacteria

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9 9

7

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5

10

15

20

25

Days

Colony Counts

Bacteria Counts - Yagya vs. Non-Yagya

Yagya Bacteria

Non-yagya Bacteria



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Fungi Counts – Yagya vs.Non-Yagya

17.4.0418.4.04

19.4.0420.4.04

Yagya Fungi

Non-Yagya Fungi01

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Days

Colony Count

Fungi Counts - Yagya Vs. Non-Yagy

Yagya Fungi

Non-Yagya Fungi



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TMF Counts – Yagya vs. Non-Yagya

17.4.0418.4.04

19.4.0420.4.04

Yagya TMF

Non-Yagya TMF0

5

10

15

20

25

Days

Colony Counts

Total Microflora Counts -Yagya vs. Non-Yagy

Yagya TMF

Non-Yagya TMF



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Pathogen Counts – Yagya vs.Non-Yagya

17.4.04

18.4.04

19.4.04

20.4.04

Yagya PathogensNon-Yagya Pathogens0

2

4

6

8

10

12

Days

Colony Counts

Pathogen Counts - Yagya vs. Non-Yagya

Yagya Pathogens

Non-Yagya Pathogens



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Results

The general trend of microbes is to decrease over theperiod of two days after Yagya and increase over theperiod of two days after non-Yagya .

The Yagya environment atmosphere microbesdecreased significantly over the period of one year.

In the year 2003, the Bacteria, Fungi and TMF counts(mean) had decreased by 79%, 68% and 70%respectively as compared to the background and thepathogens decreased by 38 % till two days after theYagya .



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Results Contd.

In the case of Non-Yagya , in 2003, the Bacteria, Fungi, TMFand Pathogens had increased by 111%, 270%, 106% and129% respectively as compared to the background, one dayafter the Non-Yagya experiment.

In the year 2004, in the Yagya environment, the reduction aftertwo days in Bacteria and Fungi, was 33%, 6%. However therewas nominal increase in TMF & Pathogen counts by 3% and25% respectively as compared to the background. In contrast inthe year 2004, there was increase of 37%, 17%, 33% and147% in the counts of Bacteria, Fungi, TMF and Pathogens inthe Non-Yagya experiment .



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YAGYA , A VEDIC MEANS OFENVIRONMENT PURIFICATION- AN OUTDOOR STUDY

An open air large scale experiment of Yagya was performed at Karawal Nagar, Delhiduring the period between 12th to 16th of

May, 2003. The gathering of people, who participated in

the Yagya on various days ranged from 6,000to 16,000.

The intensity of winds, for the purpose of calculations, has been taken on a scale 1 to 5with 5 being most severe, three beingmoderate and 1 being no wind.



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Number of Persons AttendingYagya

Number of Persons Attending Yagya

10

10,000

6,000

12,000 12,000

16,000

10 30

5000

10000

15000

20000

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12.5.0

13.5.0

14.5.0

15.5.0

16.5.0

17.5.0

18.5.0

Days

Number of P

artici

Number of Persons



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Comparative Growth of Various Microflora

Comparative Growth of Various Microflora

Date

18.05.03

17.05.03

16.05.03

15.05.03

14.05.03

13.05.03

12.05.03

11.05.03

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rage CFUs

200

160

120

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40

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Bacteria

Fungi

TMF

Pathogen

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ncrease an ecrease oMicroflora before and afterYagya

Dates Bacteria

%change

Fungi %change

Pathogen

%change

TotalM.F.

%change

11.5.03 43.3 6.7 9.7 64.3

17.5.03 19.7 -54.5 5.7 -14.9 2.0 -79.4 19.7 -69.4

18.5.03 27.0 -37.6 10.7 59.7 2.0 -79.4 32.7 -49.1



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Step-Wise Regression Analysis

The relationship of independentvariables (Days, Number of Persons,

Wind) on Bacteria, Fungi, Pathogen andTMF was studied using the forwardstepwise regression analysis. The

significance of Model was tested by F-Test and the significance of individualvariable was tested by t-Test.



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Results

The bacteria count was significantly relatedwith the number of persons attended Yagya

and also the correlation between the two waspositive. It means that the changes inbacteria counts on the days of experimentwas directly dependent upon the number of

persons attended the Yagya activity. Wind was found significantly related to the

pathogens in all the three steps of regression.



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Effect of Yagya on theGaseous Pollutants

An experiment of Yagya was conductedin 2004 at M.S. Apartments, K.G. Marg,

near India Gate in the open air . One high volume sampler was placed in

the down wind direction.

The samples were collected 8 hourly

aseous xper men resu s



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aseous xper men resu sin 2004

NO2% Changew.r.t Back Gr.

SO2% Change w.r.t

Back Gr.

31.1.04 56 11.0

1.02.04 29.5 -47.3 1.5 -86.4

2.02.04 22.5 -59.8 0.0 -100.0



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Open Air Experiment -2004

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40

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60

31.1.04 1.02.04 2.02.04

NO2

SO2



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Open Air Experiment 2004

A similar experiment was conducted anyear after and almost similar results

were found in this case also.



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Conclusion – Open Air Yagya

From the above two experiments it canbe concluded that the open air Yagya

when performed at large scale are, tosome extent, effective in the reductionof SO2 and NO2.



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Conclusion of Research

‘Yagya’ is the most effective way of atmosphericpurification.

Indoor experiments conducted by the researcherconfirmed that Yagya is effective in reducing theindoor and outdoor air microbes which are largelyharmful to human beings, animals and plants.



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Conclusion of Research

Yagya results in the reduction of airmicroflora whereas non-yagya results in

random growth of microflora i.e. it is noteffective in controlling the growth of harmfulair microbes.

To some extent the open air experiments

showed that the Yagya was effective inreducing the harmful gases SO2 and NO2.



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The End

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