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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 “Environmental Values� 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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External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)


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The references of such technical terms describing different
disigns of house building as the science of Västu is well evident in
Bṛhat saṃhitā of Varāhamihira.159
The aesthetics behind the pairing of both fruit-yielding and
flower-yielding trees is revealed in the writings of Surapāla. He
expresses that both fruit & flower-yielding trees should be at the
centre surrounded by other trees around them. Further, on the outer
side of the other trees are to be protected with temporize hedge
(fence) and which should be enriched with proper excavation and
drainage system.
160 madhye sapuṣpā� saphalā bāhye tatparatoapare/
vṛkṣāḥ kāryā yutā vṛtyā sā cāpi pariravāvṛtā //
(VrkĀ, ch. V,v.95)
Fascinating pools (puskariṇi), water reservoirs are to be
constructed in different selected places of a garden adorned with
swans swimming over it. Plants and trees are to be planted in the
boundaries of such water bodies which would resemble their
beauty and allure so reflected in the water with flowers as their
eyes. 161
159 Jugnu Shrikrishna, Edit, Bṛhat saṃhitā, Part-II, ch. 53, vv. 31 - 36, pp. 44, 45
160 Sadhale Nalini, tr., Vṛkṣāyurveda, v. 95, p. 48
161 Jugnu Shrikrishna, Vṛkṣāyurveda, v. 294, p. 139

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