Vanaspati: Plants and Plant-Life as in Indian Treatises and Traditions c3.46

c3.46

Rigveda—Agriculture, a dignified occupation ; distribution of land by measurement ; hospitality a holy duty religiously upheld ; Atharvaveda—For successful agriculture; for abundance of grain; the idea of village construction with the “ village common ”; five races of men; for good rain; against animal enemies of corn; Barley, once the staple food; for protection of cattle; praise of kine . . . . . 187-197