Vrikshayurveda (and environmental philosophy)
by Beenapani Mishra | 2007 | 47,458 words
This essay studies the Environmental Philosophy in the Vrikshayurveda Texts including English translation of extracts. Vrksayurveda represents the ancient Indian science of Horticulture. This study researches topics such as “Environmental Values� reflected in various Sanskrit Texts. Another topic discussed is the “importance of trees and plants� fo...
Acknowledgement
Acknowledgement V I do hereby place on record my genial gratification and express my deep sense of gratitude to my guide, Prof. (Mrs.) Prativa Manjari Rath, P.G. Department of Sanskrit, Utkal University, Vanivihar, for her constructive guidance, scientific supervision and perpetual inspiration. I bestow my hearty thanks to Prof. Radha Madhab Dash, Prof. Prafulla Kumar Mishra, Prof. Raghu Nath Panda, Dr. Subash Chandra Dash of P.G. Dept. of Sanskrit, Utkal University, Vanivihar, for their continuous inspiration and encouragement in this academic pursuit. I am extremely thankful to the Librarian, Seminar Library of P.G. Dept. of Sanskrit, Utkal University and Parija Library, Utkal University for permitting me to consult the respective Libraries as and when I needed for the completion of the Thesis. I am also thankful to the other staff's of P.G. Dept. of Sanskrit for their kind and genuine cooperation. I am enough grateful and highly indebted to my parent's for their continuous source of help, cooperation, support and
VI advice as in alliance on to the due ethical completion of this Thesis. I would like to give special regards to my father, Sri Prasanna Kumar Mishra (Retd. Headmaster, Sumandi High School, Sumandi, Dist. Ganjam) who constantly helped me in effectively arranging, verifying and sorting out defects and even rectifying them as per the requirement of my research work being concerned. I am core heartily thankful to my sweet, beautiful and forever loving mother, Smt. Puspanjali Dash for her continuous flow of inspiration, love and affection, patient understanding to my problems and resolving them with her easy going advices. I am very much thankful to all my batch mates for their continuous support, assistance and help. I am very much thankful to my younger brother Mr. Deepansu Sekhar who has taken all the strain and thereby successfully & meticulously computerized this work. Date: 31/07/2015 Beenapani Mishra (Beenapani Mishra) Registration No. Sanskrit-12-2007-08. P.G. Dept. of Sanskrit, Utkal University Vanivihar, Bhubaneswar