Essay name: Vrikshayurveda (and environmental philosophy)
Author:
Beenapani Mishra
Affiliation: Utkal University / Department of Sanskrit
This essay studies the Environmental Philosophy in the Vrikshayurveda Texts including English translation of extracts. This study researches topics such as 鈥淓nvironmental Values鈥� reflected in various Sanskrit Texts. Vrksayurveda represents the ancient Indian science of Horticulture.
Chapter 6 - Aesthetic Value behind the arrangement of Trees and Gardens
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attractively design with should give pleasure to the minds of
wanton, luxuriant women being proud of their charm, wondering
from moral rectitude and wishing for an earnest enjoyment. Such
gardens when placed with delightful, large, rectangular ponds with
fully blossom louts floating on it and awakened by the humming
bees revolving around the louts adds on the beauty of the garden a
number of times more making it even more beautiful .156
pu艅s膩m sarvasukhaikas膩dhana phal膩岣� saundarya garvoddhura/
kr墨岣嵞� lola vil膩sin墨 janamana岣� sph墨ta pramod膩vah膩岣� /
gu帽jadbh峁沶ga vinidrapankajabharasph膩roll膩sadd墨rgh墨k膩 /
yukt膩岣� santi g峁沨e峁 yasya vipul膩r膩m膩岣� sa p峁泃hv墨pat墨岣� //
(VrkA, Ch. 1, V.I)
Thick cluster of atimuktaka creepers forming its dense
leaves are to be planted in the gardens where the honey bees flutter
over its flowers. This dense cluster of atimuktaka leaves protects
the garden from extreme heat of the sun. At times, a flurry of
excitement is also observed when a gentle wind scatters the
flowers.
157 156 Gopal lallanji, V峁沰峁Ｄ亂urveda in Ancient India, ch. I, v. 1, p. 117
157 Gopal lallanji, V峁沰峁Ｄ亂urveda in Ancient India, ch. XI, v. 293, p. 219
