Welcome Mr G but it is not a mere forward. It is extracted from the book "Ancient Indian Historical Tradition. Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi 1922-1972. By west writer Parigiter a french. There he had given a lot of analysis of trees mentioned in the Hindu scriptures from end to end. As a matter of fact these were notes in my library long back, maybe 2016 or prior. There are more in this list . 2 The numbers and types of plants vary from Purana to Purana. In this regard, it is important to try and ascertain how many of the plants in each Purana are mentioned only once as against those which recur. The following pattern may be suggested. There are 39 varieties in the Vayu Purana of which approximately 35 types are mentioned only once. Of these the twenty types of plants and trees find mention in the Vishnu Purana. There are fourteen occurrences only once in the text. There are just seven varieties of flora in the Kurma Purana, and only Palash, Kamal and Vata are mentioned more than once. In the Matsya Purana, there are as many as 45 kinds of plants and trees; of these thirty three types are only referred to once in the text. There are twenty two types mentioned in the Markandeya Purana with about half occur more than once. There are thirty nine varieties found in the Bhagavata Purana with thirty mentioned only once in the text. Finally, in the Brahmanda Purana, sixteen types of plants are mentioned and of these about nine varieties are mentioned more than once. The most substantial range of plants and trees seems to be in the Matsya Purana while the least only seven is in the Kurma Purana. 3 Hundred plants and trees that occur in the seven Puranas, only thirty types occur more than once. These are Chandan, Palsha, Vata, Kamal, Parijat, Kaner, Shalmali, Ikh, Palash, Vrihi, Yava, Til, Kulathi, Jamun, Aam, Asvatha, Sarson, Dhan, Ashok, Aaka, Bela, Mandara, Nim, Kesar, Semal, Darbha, Bilva, Kadamba and Kusa. However there are only four types of flora enumerated above where there are more than twenty references to a particular variety i.e. Kamal, Kusa, Vatta and Chandan. The largest number of allusions are of course to Kamal (134) with as many as 42 in the Matsya Purana and six in the Kurma Purana. Even though the number of references in the Kurma Purana may not relatively speaking seem very large, yet if we keep in mind that there are only 16 references (including the six relating to Kamal) to plats in this text and that there are only two other plants which are referred to more than once – Vata (3) and Palash (2) - this number seems substantial. As for Kusa grass, there are twenty four references on the whole with only one in the Vishnu Purana and about seven in the Vayu Purana. The references to Vata are twelve in the Vayu Purana and only two in the Vishnu Purana. As for Chandana, there are references with about seventeen in the Matsya Purana and only one in the Brahmanda Purana. How many plants and trees in these Puranas are alluded to between ten to twenty times? These are just six types: Parijata, Palash, Vrihi, Jamun, Asvattha, and Kadamba. To put it another way, the thirty flora types are mentioned more than once in the seven Puranas, roughly 66.6% or 2/3rd the number (20) are referred to in less than ten places. Thus it can be said with some degree of certainty that only 10% of the plants and trees that are mentioned in these Maha Puranas (10 out of 100) are referred to in a quantitatively substantial manner. 4 Plant and Tree Associated with: Kusa Grass: Taken by Rita-dhvaja in his marriage to Madalasa Used for seat in the performance of the Parvana Sraddha Darbha Grass: Giving ofa double quantity of it in Sraddha Ceremony The Pindas placed on it in the Sraddha Ceremony Barley: Offering of it in the Sraddha Ceremony Sesamum Seed: Offering of it in the Sraddha Ceremony Used in making sraddha pindas Scattered on the ground where the Sraddha Ceremony to be performed Rice: Used in making sraddha pindas Found along with thorns, ant-hill, stones etc at the place where Yama’s messenger takes the evil man Pipal Tree: Hriscandra’s trembling at Visvamitra’s rage compared to the leaf of the Pipal tree Clothes of a Brahmana in vanaprashtha Aashram Coconut: Woman’s pregnant womb compared to it Simul Tree Bodies of sinners pierced on its long iron thorns The king should know the behaviour of Simmul tree seeds Soma Plant Soma, Anasuya’s son credited with its creation Blue Water Lilly The luster of Lakshmi’s eye compared with it Rati’s eyes compared with it Vimba (Climber) Rati’s lips compared to it since it bears a scarlet berry Lotus Eyes of Rakshasa Vidyudrupa described as bearing like lotus leaf Mouth of Hariscandra as described by his citizens Eyes of goddess Saraswati compared to it The king is expected to gather wisdom from the lotus flower The earth appeared as a lotus when lifted out by Vishnu as a boar 5 May be a year back I wrote on Flora and fauna from Valmiki Ramayanam. Thus those notes on flora and fauna taken long ago crossed when I was looking for something else. A French person did that research and published a book with me. KR IRS 25 5 23
On Wed, 24 May 2023 at 23:41, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Very good forward sir > > Gopalakrishnan > > On Thursday, 25 May, 2023 at 07:23:36 am IST, Rajaram Krishnamurthy < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > The importance of trees in Vedas and Puranas > > Significance of Trees as Mentioned in Vedas and Puranas > > 1. Ten wells equal a step well > > Ten step wells equal a tank > > Ten tanks equal a son > > Ten sons equal a tree. > > (Matsya Purana 512) > > 2. Those who plant trees in deserted and difficult to reach placesGive > salvation to their previous and future generations. > > (Shiva Purana Uma Samhita 11/7) > > 3. Those who have planted tulsi vana (Indian basil forest) in the course > of worshipping Vishnu have do yagya with all the rituals, and they have got > the fruits of 100 yagyas.(Padma Purana Srishti Khand chapter 26, Shloka > 43) > > 4. Those who want a better future should plant good trees around tanks, > and raise them like sons, as the trees are considered like sons in our > religion. ( Mahahbharat, Anu Parva 58/31) > > 5. Noble is the birth of trees who give life to all beings. They are like > gentlemen who never turns anybody away disappointed. (Bhagvat 10-22-33) > > 6. Trees are like gentlemen who help others. They stand in the sun but > give shade to others. Their fruit is also for the use of others.(Vikram > Charitam 65) > > 7. The five biggest favours bestowed by trees are like five mahayagyas. > They give fuel to the families, shade and resting place to the travellers, > nests to the birds, and medicines form their leaves, roots and bark.(Varaha > Purana 162-41-42) > > 8. Eunuchs, snakes, rakshas, gods, dancing communities, human beings and > sages all seek shelter of the trees.(Mahabharat Anu Parva-58/29) > > 9. Trees fulfil the desires of human beings by their leaves, flowers, > shade, , root, bark, wood, fragrance, gum, ash, charcoal, buds and new > leaves.(Srimadbhagvad, Skandh, a-22 Shloka 34) > > 10. By planting one pepul (ficus religiosa), One neem (Azadirachta > indica), one bargad (ficus bengalensis), ten Imli (Tamarindus indica), > Three Kaith ( (Limonia acidissima), Three vilva (aegle marmelos), Three > aonla (Indian gooseberry- Phyllanthus emblica), and five mango (mangifera > indica), one can never go to hell.(Bhahvishya Purana, Rajdharma Kaustubh > Khand) > > 11. See my dear Friend, how lucky these trees are. Their whole life is > dedicated to doing good to others. They bear storm, rain, wind, and hail, > but they save us from them. ( Srimadbhagvad, Skandh dasham,A22 Shloka 37) > > 12.. Just one tree with flowers and fruits makes the forest and > environment fragrant and heavenly, like a good son to a family. (Chanakyaniti > Darpan, 3-14) > > 13. Those who plant one peepul (ficus religiosa), one neem (azadirachta > indica), one bargad (Ficus bengalensis), ten flowering trees, two > pomegranates, two oranges, and and five mango trees can never go to hell. > (Varaha > Purana 12-2-39) > > 14. Those who plant trees in this world beget sons in the netherworld. > (Vishnudharma > sutra 91-4) > > 15.. Trees with flowers and fruits satisfy this world. Those who donate a > tree are given salvation by the same trees in the nether world. > (Mahabharat > Anu Parva 58/30) > > 16. O Tree! You bear the burden of flowers, leaves and fruits, give > relief to the people from sun, and give them succour d;uring winter. Thus > you dedicate your entire life in helping others. That is why you are > greater than a gentleman. Therefore, O Tree! Please accept my regards. > (Bhamini > Vilasa-86) > > 17. Where there is tulsi vana (forest of Indian basil), god Vishnu is > nearby. Brahma, Lakshmi, and all other gods are also with god Vishnu there. > (Padma > purana, Srishti Khand, Ch. 26, Shloka 38) > > 18. God Vishnu says that aonla (Indian gooseberry) (source of ascorbic > acid) is holiest of all fruits in all the worlds. Therefore, it is > important to plant aonla trees. By planting it, men and women get rid of > the cycle of life, death and rebirth in this world. (Padma purana,. > Srishti Khand, ch. 26, Shloka 2) > > 19. By worshipping peepul and Khejadi (Prosopis cineraria, shami) trees, > even a barren woman begets a child. (Atharva veda Pt. 612-11 first stanza) > > 20. God said:’ O King! It is I who dwell in peepul tree and look after > the three worlds. Where there is no peepul tree, I don’t reside. (Mahabaharat > Vaishnavdharma parva Chapter -19) > > 21. What is the use of having so many sons, If they are irreligious and > poor? Compared to them the roadside tree is better in whose shade > travellers take rest. (Upavan Vinod) > > 22. The leaves, flowers, seeds, root, branches, bark, stem and even the > soil of the place where tulsi grows are all holy. (Padma purana > Uttarakhand 24/2) > > 23. Wherever there are aonla trees, poverty goes away. All gods become > satisfied by aonla trees, reside in it, and do not forsake it for a moment. > (Padma > purana Srishti Khand, Ch. 26, Shloka 15.) > > 24.. The man who worships Vishnu with Tulsi leaves can never be involved > in sins like a lotus leaf in water. (Brahma vaivarta Purana) > > 25. Those who plant trees, for them they are like sons. There is no doubt > that because of those trees, man attains heaven after his death. (Mahabharata > Anu parva 58/27) > > 26. If you irrigate a mango tree, the ancestors feel happy. (Mahabhashya, > Part I) > > 28. If you destroy a tree, you also destroy leaves, flowers and fruits, > and the country has lesser or excess rainfall resulting in famine. (Agni > Purana). 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