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Plant Invasion as Gleaned from Parasara’s Vrkshayurveda

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The zenith of Parasara’s revelations to the world community emerged through his masterpiece work ‘Vrksayurveda’ which reflected the development of botanical science on more rational, scientific and sound footings. This treatise reflects the profound and in-depth knowledge of the author about the flora of ancient India. It was possibly compiled between the first century BC and first century AD. It has sought the attention of biodiversity experts in the past. However, its contents have not yet been evaluated from the point of plant invasion in erstwhile India. The present author divulged as many as 34 exotic plant species belonging to 32 genera 21 families of angiosperms from this basic treatise. These taxa are limelighted in view of plant invasion and discussed from the perspective of economy and socio-religious changes. The ancient Sanskrit treatises such as Vrksayurveda seek new insight into modern scientific thinking to better our understanding of biodiversity and its implications thereof.

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I am thankful to the authorities of S.S.V.P. Sanstha, Dhule (Maharashtra) for library facilities.

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  1. Post-Graduate Department of Botany, S.S.V.P. Sanstha’s L.K. Dr. P.R. Ghogrey Science College, Dhule, Maharashtra, India

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  1. Department of Botany, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, University of Delhi, Dehli, India

    Sachchidanand Tripathi

  2. Department of Environmental Studies, Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

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  3. Department of Botany, Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

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  5. Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

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Patil, D.A. (2023). Plant Invasion as Gleaned from Parasara’s Vrkshayurveda. In: Tripathi, S., Bhadouria, R., Srivastava, P., Singh, R., Batish, D.R. (eds) Plant Invasions and Global Climate Change. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-5910-5_5

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