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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covered from all sides with beautiful flowering trees with branches
bending towards the house laden with fragrant flowers. It should be
so designed that the gentle breeze should be blowing through the
openings. 164 The reference of the contents of the above verse is also
reflected in M膩nasoll膩sa by Some艣vara which reads as follows.
k峁泃rim膩峁� racayet v峁沰峁Ｄ乼a sar膩峁僺i saritastath膩 /
sugandhi pu峁astavak墨nsudh膩sv膩岣島tpal膩nvita岣�/
s膩k峁Ｄ乶 nirmitaha峁僺膩dya nirmalodaka dhupitam/
digdhadhudarpa峁嚹乲膩ra峁� girou kuryat sarovaram//
(M膩nasoll膩sa, 5, 1, 100-3)
At places in the garden a well should be dug, with plenty of
sweet and clear water. The water of the well is to be used for
sprinkling all the plants and trees in the garden. Such well should
165 be bounded with stones all around. The reference of such
digging of well in the garden is also found in B峁沨at sa峁僪it膩 of
痴补谤腻丑补尘颈丑颈谤补.166
164 Jugnu Shrikrishna, V峁沰峁Ｄ亂urveda, v. 297, pp. 139, 140
165 Jugnu Shrikrishna, V峁沰峁Ｄ亂urveda, v. 298, p. 140
166 Jugnu Shrikrishna, Edit, B峁沨at sa峁僪it膩, Part - II, ch. 53, v. 118,
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