Vanaspati: Plants and Plant-Life as in Indian Treatises and Traditions c9: General Index

Vanaspati: Plants and Plant-Life as in Indian Treatises and Traditions c9

Language: English

General Index

Absorption of soil water, 31 Age and death, 52, 53 Applications of the Science, 131-139 —as a means of ascertaining the presence of water in a dreary region, 135-139 —as a means of economic predictions, 131-134 Assimilation of food materials, 33-35 Circulation of water, 35-36 Classification, 75-127 —principles of, 79 —on Botanical principles, 79-89; Amara, 84; Bhābaprakāsh, 86; Bhāgavatapurāṇa, 84; Chakrapāṇi, 80, 86; Charaka, 80; Dalvana, 81; Manu, 79; Praśastapāda, 82; Rigveda, 79; Udayanācharyya, 83; Śridhara, 82; Suśruta, 81; further classification into definite groups or genera (?) and individual plants or species (?), 87-89 —on Medicinal properties, 90-104; according to Charaka, 90-98; Suśruta, 98-104 —on Dietic value, 105-127; Amara's illustrations, 121-123; according to Bhābaprakāsh (combining both dietic and medicinal values), 123-127; Charaka, 105-118; Suśruta, 114-121 Concluding remarks, 130 Consciousness in plants, 53-58 —as in Bhāgavatapurāṇa, 58; Chakrapāṇi, 58; Guṇaratna, 57; Mahābhārata, 55; Mahidās Aitareya, 54; Manusamhitā, 55; Maskarin Gosāla, 55; Udayana, 57; Uddālaka, 54; Upaskara, 57; Vedas, 54 Ecology, 66-70; three regions, 66; Anupa region (watery and marshy), 66, 67; its topography and flora, 68-69; Jāngala region (dry wilderness), 66; its topography and flora, 67; Sādhāraṇa region (ordinary), 66, 69; its topography and flora, 69, 70

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Evolution and Plants, 128-130 ——according to Buddha, 129; Rāmāyaṇa, 130; Uddālaka, 128; Varuna, 128; Yājñavalkya, 129

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General observations, 13 ——description of plants; external morphology, 18-26; Flower, 24; Fruit, 25; its classification, 25; Leaf, 23; Root, 19; Seed, 25; Shoot, 20; Stem, 21

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Germination, of Seeds, 15-17

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Growth, 51-52; its conditions, 52; Stages, 51

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Healing up of wounds, 28, 29

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Heredity, 141-146

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Histology, Internal morphology, 27-29; description of internal structure, 27-28

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Manuring, 42-46

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Movements, Irritability, 49-51

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Nomenclature, 71-78; double name for each plant, 76-78; Principles followed in naming: Environmental association, 75; Local association, 75; Other characteristics, 76; Special association 71, 72; Special characteristic features, 73; Special morphological features, according to the (a) number of leaflets in the compound leaf, 73; (b) nature and shape of leaf, 74; (c) shape and colour of flowers, 74; (d) miscellaneous, 74; Special property, (a) medicinal, 72; (b) domestic utility, 72

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Nourishment, general, 30

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Planting, general, 36-42; cuttings and graftings, 39-40; essential preliminaries of plantation, 38, 39; final direction, 41, 42; name of plants that should be planted in the homestead garden, 37

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Plant Association, 70

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Taxonomy, 71-127

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Transport of soil water in plants, 32

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Treatment of plants, 46-49; application of drugs, 47, curative, 48; prophylactic, 48; signs of diseased condition, 47

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Reproduction, 62, 65; by apical pieces (buddings), 63, 65; bulbous roots and underground stems, 62, 65; cuttings and joints, 62, 63, 65; graftings, 63; layerings, 64; leaves, 64; seeds, 62, 65

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Respiration, 49

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Rotation of crops, 46

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Sexuality, ideas of, 58-62; as in Amarakosha, 61; Bhāvaprakāsh, 61; Charaka, 60; Dhanvantari nighaṇṭu, 61; Hārita Saṃhitā, 59; Pliny, 61; Rājanighaṇṭu, 60, 61

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General observation, 149 Medical Science, ——its beginings in Rigveda, 151-157 ——its development in Atharvaveda : Classification of maladies, 158-159; Miscellaneous uses of plants, 176-179: Physical maladies, 159-161; Procreation and protection of children, 166-167; Prosperity and prolongation of life, 171-172; Supernatural maladies, 161-165; Venom of snakes and other insects, 168-171; Virility and erotic success, 172-175; Wounds, burns, etc., 167-168 ——its further development in Charaka and Suśruta, 180-183; their divisions of the Science, 182, 183 ——its later development, 183-184

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Agricultural Science, ——its beginnings, 188-197; in Atharvaveda, 192-197; in Rigveda, 188-192 ——its development during Maurya period, 198-206; Arthaśāstra, 198-202; Aśoka, his edicts, 205; Manu, 206; Megasthenes, his fragments of Indika, 202-205 Amarakosha on Agriculture, 217-219; apparatus and implements, 219; soil, 217, 218 Concluding remarks, 220 General observation, 187 Khanā's maxims, 210-216 ——general maxims governing the conduct of the cultivators, 210, 211; ploughing the land for crops, 213; predictions as to the influence of timely and untimely showers upon the crops, 211, 212; selection of the soil, 212, 213; sowing and planting, 214-215; reaping, 215-216 Kriṣi-Parāśara, a treatise on Agriculture, 207-209 General conclusion for three books, 223-225