Environmental Awareness with Reference to Vedas and Puranas: A Study

Dr. Haripada  Mahapatra

doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/SBN9C

Dr. Haripada Mahapatra Asst. Professor (Teacher-in-Charge), Department of Sanskrit, Sankrail Anil Biswas Smriti Mahavidyalaya, Jhargram

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/SBN9C

Keywords: environment, awareness

Abstract

The environment, which is everything that naturally surrounds us and influences how we live our everyday lives on earth, is something that we are all very acquainted with. Everything, including the oxygen we breathe, the water we use on a daily basis, and the vegetation, creatures, and other living things in our immediate surroundings, is a part of our environment. There has been a constant reliance on environment ever since man first appeared on the planet. Humans have never been able to dominate their surroundings, and this is true even today. Instead, they are heavily affected and governed by natural occurrences. This study aims at exploring the environment conservation as presented in the ancient Literatures; study the environmental awareness as found in the Vedas. It also discusses the environmental awareness as found in the Puranas.

References

1. CKG, Rajan AP. (2014) Ecocentrism in India: An Incredible Model of Peaceful Relation with Nature, Universal Journal of Environmental Research and Technology;4(2):90-99.
2. Dwivedi O.P., (2001) A Companion to Environmental Philosophy, Edited by Dale Jamieson, UK: Black Well Publishers Pvt. Ltd. pp. 37-51,
3. Gupta S. (2015) Environment Ethics, Policies and Inclusive Environment Protection Mechanism in India (With Special Reference to Environmental Inquisition), Journal of Environment and Earth Science 2015;5(3):112-118.
4. Siddharth Rajak (2019) ancient indian vision: concept of environment, jetir June 2019, Volume 6, Issue 6.
5. Rawat,S.K & Vashishtha, A (2019) Philosophy of some hymns of vedas and purans in relation to environmental status, International Journal of Advanced Academic Studies.
6. Reddy DR. Environmental Policy Transformation InIndia – A Historical Metamorphosis, North Asian International Research Journal of Social Science & Humanities 2017, 3(4).
7. Krishna N. (2017) Hinduism and Nature, Gurgaon, Haryana: Penguin Random House India 2017, 21.
8. Patra DB. Environment In Early India: A Historical Perspective, Environment: Traditional & Scientific Research 2016;1(1):39-56.
9. Sushruta, Sushruta Samhita, tr (2009) Acharya JadavjiTrikamji, Chaukhamba Sanskrit Pratishthan (reprint), Varanasi: