01369nam a22001817a 4500020001800000041001200018082001900030100003700049245002700086250000800113260005200121300001400173365001200187500082500199942000701024999001901031952013701050  a9780143066262  aEnglish  a581.63bNAN/SA  aNanditha KrishnaaAmirthlingam M  aSacred Plants of India  a1st  aGurgaon, HariyanabPenguin books of Indiac2014  a295 Pages  aRs. 399  aTrees and plants have long been held sacred to communities the world over. In India they feature in our myths, epics, rituals, worship, and daily life. There is the pipal, under which the Buddha meditated; the banyan, in whose branches hide spirits; the ashoka, in a grove of which Sita sheltered; and the tulsi, without which no Hindu house is considered complete. Before temples were constructed, trees were open-air shrines and many were symbolic of the Buddha himself.   Sacred Plants of India lays out the sociocultural roots of the plants found in the Indian subcontinent, while asserting their ecological importance. Informative, thought-provoking, and meticulously researched, this book draws on mythology, botany, and the ancient religious traditions of India to assemble a fascinating account of India s flora.  cBK  c307403d307403  001040708MEDaKAUCOFbKAUCOFd2015-07-28g399.00l2o581.63 NAN/SApKAU_COF-5984r2016-06-21 00:00:00s2016-06-08w2025-08-02yBK