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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ghanapravalasthagit膩nap膩ni vik墨r峁嘺 pusp膩峁噄 sam墨ra峁噀na/
grh膩峁噄 kury膩dtimuktak膩n膩峁� lat膩bhir膩lolamadhuvrat膩bhi岣� //
(Vrk膧, Ch. XI, v.293)
The arrangement
Swastika
of plants and trees can
Mandapa
Nandyavarta
be formed in different
Garden Design
artistic ways. Vrk膧
Sarvatobhadra
gives reference of
Caturasra
eight such different art
Vithi
Punjaka
forms of tree planting
Nikunja
such as, (i) ma峁囜笉apa (pavilion/canopy), (ii) nandy膩varta (shaped
like quadrangle with an opening to the west), (iii) svastika
(designed as the sign of sanctity of Hindu religious significance),
(iv) caturastra (square shaped), (v) sarvatobhadra (shaped like a
square enclosing a circle), (vi) v墨th墨 (line shaped), (vii) niku帽ja
(arbour shaped), and (viii) pu帽jaka (in the shape of a multitude,
cluster). 158
ma峁囜笉apanandhy膩varta svastikacatura艣ravartobhadrei岣�/
v墨th墨niku帽japu帽jaka viny膩sei岣� p膩dap膩岣� ropy膩岣�//
(VrkA, ch. V,v.94,)
158 Sadhale Nalini, tr., Vrk峁yurveda, v. 94, p. 48
