Current Events > Nuclear Weapons were (potentially) described in ancient Indian texts

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solosnake
08/05/20 2:22:05 AM
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmastra

In ancient Indian history, the Brahmastra (Sanskrit: , IAST: Brahmstra) and its variants, the Brahmashirsha astra and the Brahmanda astra were supernatural weapons used in the war of Mahabharata and are collectively called Brahma weapons. The Brahmashirsha astra was a weapon that was said to be able to destroy the world, capable of destroying creation and vanquishing all beings. It is one of the most destructive, powerful and irresistible weapons mentioned in the Hinduism. These weapons are all created by Lord Brahma, except for brahmanda-astra.

It is termed as a fiery weapon that creates a fierce fireball,[1] blazing up with terrible flames and countless horrendous thunder flashes. When discharged, all nature including trees, oceans, and animals tremble, and the sky surrounds with flame, glaciers melt and mountains shatter with copious noise all around.

When struck, it causes complete destruction to each and every resource of that area, further not a single blade of grass will ever grow in that area. There will be no rainfall for 12 years and climate condition will worsen. The strike of Brahmastra will eventually destroy everything.


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RebelElite791
08/05/20 2:22:49 AM
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No they weren't.

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solosnake
08/05/20 2:23:22 AM
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RebelElite791 posted...
No they weren't.
what makes you a skeptic?

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billcom6
08/05/20 2:23:27 AM
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somebody been watching too much ancient aliens

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RebelElite791
08/05/20 2:23:54 AM
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solosnake posted...
what makes you a skeptic?
Having at least half a functioning brain

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burns112233
08/05/20 2:23:57 AM
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We're all stuck in a time loop. When you die, you just get reborn back into your time era and restart again.
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Suikoden420
08/05/20 2:23:58 AM
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I've heard of this too, and also that Einstein may have been somewhat influenced by the vedas

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DeadBankerDream
08/05/20 2:24:17 AM
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RebelElite791 posted...
No they weren't.

I'd add

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pegusus123456
08/05/20 2:24:19 AM
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solosnake posted...
what makes you a skeptic?
His parents didn't drop him when he was a baby.

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Questionmarktarius
08/05/20 2:24:54 AM
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That seems a bit above nukes.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki eventually recovered, and the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone is essentially a natural paradise untouched by humans for several decades.
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Blue_School
08/05/20 2:25:10 AM
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Sounds more like the description of a large meteor or asteroid.

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shnangyboos
08/05/20 2:25:20 AM
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Technology is cyclical.

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HylianShield
08/05/20 2:25:32 AM
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billcom6 posted...
somebody been watching too much ancient aliens

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legendarylemur
08/05/20 2:31:23 AM
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No, this is more like those guys going, "what if... there was like a really really big weapon?"

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Timohtep
08/05/20 2:31:32 AM
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It's almost like it's pretty easy to imagine what a gigantic fiery explosion would do, and picture that as an ultimate weapon or something
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Zikten
08/05/20 2:35:18 AM
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it doesn't have to be aliens. could have been a lost civilization too. sometimes I wonder if this is not the first time humans have been at this level of technology. we might have forgotten some of our history
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BloodMoon7
08/05/20 2:44:50 AM
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"Capable of destroying creation and vanquishing all beings"
Yeah I dunno chief that sounds more like the plot device weapon you use to slay the Creator of the world your JRPG takes place in.

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Smashingpmkns
08/05/20 2:46:08 AM
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Is that what Halo is about
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hockeybub89
08/05/20 2:46:40 AM
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Fluttershy
08/05/20 2:47:49 AM
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does it make any mention of a parallel to radiation sickness? because that one's kind of a big deal.
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UnholyMudcrab
08/05/20 2:52:19 AM
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RebelElite791 posted...
No they weren't.

Topic really should have ended here
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Shotgunnova
08/05/20 3:33:29 AM
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FL81
08/05/20 3:36:50 AM
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RebelElite791 posted...
No they weren't.
next you're going to say that the ancient Egyptians weren't visited by UFOs

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Big_Nabendu
08/05/20 3:46:41 AM
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https://youtu.be/lb13ynu3Iac

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Middle hope
08/05/20 3:48:17 AM
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now I am become death. The destroyer of worlds

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Foppe
08/05/20 3:52:05 AM
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Didnt they describe airplanes pretty well?

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