Vanaspati: Plants and Plant-Life as in Indian Treatises and Traditions c9.2

c9.2

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