Philosophy Of Symbolic Forms In Meluhha Cipher [Paperback]

The thesis reports re-discovery of lexical repertoire of Meluhha language. Meluhha language was in vogue during the Bronze Age from ca. 5th millennium BCE. Meluhha hieroglyphs of symbolic forms relate to Meluhha life-experiences as sphota burst forth expressions in Meluhha language. The function of Meluhha writing system deploying Meluhha cipher as mudra is to catalog wheelwright-lapidary artifacts of stone, shell, metal traded by maritime seafaring merchants and artisan-merchant caravans along the famed, extensively documented Tin Road. The cipher key here is artha translated as composite of entities and also meaning. In the Indian tradition, the word artha is a gloss which signifies both meaning and also wealth as seem in the compound: Arthashastra used as a title for Kautilyas treatise on wealth-creation and polity. This meaning is consistent with the word used for a polity: Rastram (lit. the firm, lighted path) personified as divinity, vaak. Sphotavaada elaborates on philosophical foundations of symbolic forms as media for meanings. In Indian rhetoric tradition mudra refers to the natural expression of things by words , calling things by their right names (Kuvalayaananda). It is an energetic seal of authenticity. The gloss mudra also signifies a seal, stamp, or impression made by a seal. Thus, by definition, the process of sealing to create a seal impression is an expression of words deploying symbolic forms. To call things by their right names, a rebus cipher with glosses of underlying glosses and related sounds of Meluhha language are used. The semantics get expanded to evolve mudra as a particular branch of education (e.g., reckoning by the fingers). In Tantra 108 mudra are used; in Yoga, mudra are used together with praanaayaama (breathing exercises) and aasana-s ( seated postures ). Natyashastra lists 24 asamyuta ( separated , meaning one-hand and fingers ) and 13 samyuta ( joined , meaning two-hand and fingers ) mudra-s. A commentarylĪ