ancient.bharat The world credited Sir Issac Newton, the English astronomer, mathematician and physicist, for discovering Gravity. In 1687 he published a book called - Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica - In which he presented a theory of Universal Gravitation. 
But Gravity is a concept that Ancient Indians have known for Longer The concept was so prevalent and revered that references abound. For instance, the Rig Veda-1-103-2 explains: "The gravitational effect of Solar System keeps the earth stable."
Rishi Pippalada in the text, Prashnopanishad states, "The mother divinity in the earth helps the apana by supporting it." As per Ayurveda, apana is the force equivalent to gravity, present in the middle of the body. In all living beings, it aids the bodily functions of:
Ingestion - taking in of food Digestion - process of moving and breaking down food into absorbable nutrients Excretion - discarding body wastes such. as defecation Micturition - Urination Parturition - Giving birth And Adi Shankaracharya who lived around 460 BCE, wrote in his
commentary on the Upanishads: "If the divinity of the earth would not pull down this body by supporting apana*, this body would have floated anywhere in space." The ancient Indian scholar Varahamihira said: "
Planet earth being surrounded by various stellar bodies situated in space, is similar to an iron sphere remaining suspended between two magnets." Gravity is a concept that can be traced to the Sanskrit words of Gurutva and Gurutvakarshana from ancient Indian history.
The root word Guru denotes heavy, big and influencing and Akarshana, means, "the power of attraction." The power to attract, Gurutuva, is present in all the natural bodies. Indians not only knew of the concept of gravitational pull and had given the word Gurutva to it, as a
precursor to the English word "gravity", but also understood the effect of gravity on earth and its
residents. We know today from modern science that astronauts have difficulty as gravity is very low or nil in space.
residents. We know today from modern science that astronauts have difficulty as gravity is very low or nil in space.
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