Vanaspati: Plants and Plant-Life as in Indian Treatises and Traditions c4.16

c4.16

In the hymn of the Atharva Veda² the different herbs and plants are named, classified and praised only for their medicinal properties. There is not a word about the connection of the knowledge of plants with agriculture, irrigation, and the rest. And this is just the typical of several other hymns that corroborate the point.