Vanaspati: Plants and Plant-Life as in Indian Treatises and Traditions c5.s8.5

c5.s8.5

“The earth is the source (*rasa*) of all these elements (एषां भूतानाम्); water is the source of the earth; again the essence of water is embodied in plants (*aushadhayo*—of herbs), and man represents the essence of plants and so forth.”