India and Evolution

Komanduri S. Murty & Ashwin G. Vyas

The term evolution comes from the Latin word evolvere , which means to develop or to unfold . It is equivalent to the Sanskrit word vikas , which means more than growth. It describes a series of related changes in a system of some kind. It is a process in which hidden or latent characteristics of a thing reveal themselves. It is an order of change, which unfolds the variety of aspects belonging to the nature of the changing objects. Out of various theories of origin of society—like divine origin theory, the force theory, the social contract theory, the patriarchal and matriarchal theories—the evolution theory offers what we think a generally correct explanation. According to it, the society is the result of a gradual evolution, in that it is a continuous development from unorganized to organized, from simple to complex. Various factors helped in this process. For example, kinship and ...

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