Vanaspati: Plants and Plant-Life as in Indian Treatises and Traditions c3.2

c3.2

Was there a Science of Botany in Ancient India; the term *Vrikshāyurveda* in Agnipurāṇa and Brihatsaṃhitā, and *Gulma-Vrikshāyurveda* in Arthaśāstra; the object of the three authors in using these terms; the interdependence of the Ancient Botanical Science and the Ancient Art of Agriculture; the term *Krishitantra*—its meaning; *Krishi-Parāśara*—a treatise on Agriculture; Ancient Botanical Science and the Ancient Indian Science of Medicine; Rig-veda, Atharvaveda and Charaka; the use of the significant term *Bheshajavidyā* in Dhanvantarī Nighaṇṭu; the division of the thesis into 3 Books ... 1-10