Plants, animals, and Humans

[Alok Kumar]

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Alok Kumar
SUNY Oswego


On Thu, 9 Apr 1998, Surya P. Mittal wrote:

> Please visit the web-site:
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> Use the following selections in subject approach:
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> "Sanskrit Studies" + "Environmental Sciences"
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> "*ved*"  in combination with  "*plant*"
> This I am afraid may list most items of Ayurveda, but a few
> of your interest as well.
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> the previous detailed emails, which were objected to earlier for
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> Alok Kumar wrote:
> >
> > I am interested in knowing ancient Indian views (Vedic and
> > Upanishads period) on the relationship of humans, animals,
> > and plants.  As I understand, animals, humans and plants were
> > considered a part of "prakriti" (nature) with inter-dependence
> > and distinctive roles for each other.  Plants were also
> > considered to have life with several senses (hearing, touch,
> > etc.).  The role of plants to provide food to animals and
> > humans was also obvious.  There are several hymn in Vedas on
> > the worship of plants. Is there any article/book on the topic,
> > especially in view of science.
> >
> > Alok Kumar
> > Department of Physics
> > State University of New York
> > Oswego, NY 13126.
>