amazin math... puts all ya calcs to shame.....!!!

This has been buggin me for a loooooon time now…. It’s been nearly 2 months since I started working on this lik mad… n still am only half way thru… there are lotsa unanswered queries that lie within me…. Answers for which I’ve been seeking… but looks lyk it’s gonna tak a epoch to get them answered…unless I’m able to find satisfying answers prior that...
In olden days it was believed people, hindus rather were forbidden from tarvelling abroad… by crossing the seas… why or how this came about..what are the logical reasons behind such ideas is what I’m looking for… I don’t believe things without a proper, sensible reason, and I don’t violate such customs/traditions whatever u may wanna call them.. until MY reason reasons me out…
In order to get to either following these beliefs or violate them asap… I’d prefer to go behind the cause…
So that’s how I get here.. now this post might b quite boring if u hate maths… and people who love maths…. Jus pick up a pen and a piece of paper.. or open up an excel sheet on your comp… calculators are of no use here.. belive me….
Now I got to asking a few learned people as to y people are forbidden from crossing the seas…
Answer 1 :
There is a ritual called a sankalpa(m) which is done by all hindus before performing any religious act.. and as per this sankalpa.. the karma bhoomi or land of karma is the land south of Mt.Meru… -- why is only this land d karma bhoomi is my next question for which I get no logical answer..
Answer 2:
In olden days people needed to travel by sea…(before the tym of flights).. sea voyages wer risky.. vegetarians had lotsa issues finding veg food in foreigh lands… change of climate affected people.. sea voyages for months sucked n blah blah… I might accept this half heartedly.. quarter heartedly rather.. but that aint enuf… am not satisfied…

I got into getting to the roots of what this sankalpa meant… this is eatin up wat too much of my head..

This sankalpa is more like a preamble or a plan as to what ritual is gonna be performed…
For those who wanna knw the actual words.. here it is…
Mamopatha samastha dirithakshayadvaara
Sri parameshwara preethyartham…
Shubhe shobhane aadya bramhanah:
Dviteeya parardhae
Shweta varaha kalpe
Vaivasvata manvantare
Ashtavimshati tame
Kali yuge Prathame Paade
Jambu Dveepe
Bharatha varushe bharatah: Khande
Meroho: dakshine paarshve shakabdhe
Asmin varthamane vYaavaharike
Prabhavaadi shasthi samvatsaranam Madhye
(Sarvadhaari) Naama Samvathsare
(Dakshin)aayane
(Varusha)ritou
(Ashweena)Maase
(Shukla)Pakse
(Prathamyaam) shubha thithou
(mangala) varsarah:

Etc etc…
Now to the real meaning.. which i guess will b on my next post..

to b continued...

S