ECHOES OF SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY IN VEDIC LITERATURE AND INDIAN PHILOSOPHY: ANCIENT IMAGINATION, MODERN INNOVATION

The eld of synthetic biology is expanding quickly, fusing biological systems and engineering concepts to create new life forms or rewire already-existing ones. Although synthetic biology is regarded as a contemporary eld, its theoretical underpinnings are similar to ancient Indian philosophical and protoscientic concepts. This article compares the inventiveness of the ancient world with contemporary invention by examining how Indian philosophical frameworks and Vedic literature conceived life as modular, programmable, and morally guided.