scholarly journals Harishankari: ancient and environmental importance

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Deepak Kohli

Peepal, Bargad and Pakad plants have collectively been described as Harishankari. They provide dense shade, shelter and food to a variety of birds and animals besides other living being. Loaded with medicinal properties, they also emanate health, energy, holiness and spiritual feelings to human beings. Their plantation is also useful in environmental and biodiversity conservation efforts.

Author(s):  
Ekta Sharma

The Presented summary paper target is to draw the attention of the public to the benefits of Environment and how we are connected to the Environment. To show that if there’s any change in the Environmental conditions, then how the conditions change in human beings lives. Living Being, whether a Human Being or Animals or plants,  are all directly or indirectly Dependent on the Environment for their Survival. When asked truly it can be said that none of the living being can survive without the presence of Environment. It is difficult to find absolutely natural environments, and it is common that the naturalness varies in a continuum, from ideally 100% natural in one extreme to 0% natural in the other. More precisely, we can consider the different aspects or components of an environment, and see that their degree of naturalness is not uniform.


1970 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 223-234
Author(s):  
Prakash Prasad Sapkota

Human- plant relation is tightly attached on life of human beings. From the beginning of civilization, people used many plants and their products for different purpose to adopt with their environment. The essential and valuable materials including plant species are gathered, used, saved and always remain hunger for knowledge yet now. They developed different kinds of ceremonies and rituals and include valuable materials and plants within it to protect and remains as indigenous knowledge in particular communities and groups. In this context, I want to raise the issue of material culture to search why people used plants in their rituals with reference to a plant species the Jhakro the Magars inhabitant of Baglung district, western Nepal. The research was carried out by using descriptive and exploratory research design. Observation, interview and group discussion were used in the field for primary data collection. The Magars are rich in their rituals among them death and kul pujane rituals are significant for cohesive and solidarity of the group; within these rituals a shrub plant species with special type of smell remains in central position for purity and soul. They believed that in death ritual all the polluted activities are purified and in kul pujane Jhakro acts as purity as well as help to join their ancestors with them. Unfortunately, they are unknown of the materialistic meaning of it due to lack of transferring knowledge. In etic aspect, this plant has important medicinal properties and the Magar preserved by keeping it in important rituals within their community. Keywords: Ritual; Jhakro; the Magars; ethno-botany; ancestors DOI: 10.3126/dsaj.v4i0.4522 Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology Vol.4 2010 pp.223-234


2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-82
Author(s):  
Zbigniew Mirek ◽  
Zbigniew Witkowski

AbstractContemporary nature conservation is the subject of serious disputes, with biocentrists emphasising the superiority of the good of nature, while anthropocentrists believe that conservation space should also take account of the good of humankind. The dispute concerns two very important values perceived differently, and not resolvable within any scientifi c framework. The authors postulate a return to the Christian roots of our civilisation. It was God who gave human beings the goods He had created, expecting them to be used in line with His plan. The man who lost God’s plan, destroys the life of nature as well as his own. The postulated solution is the proper shaping of conscience, to condition biodiversity conservation in line with the idea of sustainable development.


Author(s):  
K. R. Norman

It will not have escaped the notice of anyone reading the Aśokan inscriptions that the emperor's attitude towards the killing of animals, including human beings, was not entirely consistent. In RE I(B) we read hiddā no kichi jive ālabhitu pajohitaviye (in the version at K), “Here no living being must be killed and sacrificed.” In RE III(D) we find pānānaṃ anālaṃbhe sādhu, “Abstention from killing animals is meritorious.” In RE IV(C) we read vaḍhite … anālaṃbhe pānānaṃ avihisā bhūtānaṃ, “There are now promoted … abstention from killing animals, abstention from hurting living beings.” In RE XI(C) pānānaṃ anālaṃbhe occurs again. PE V contains a long list of animals which Aśoka had made inviolable (avadhiyāni) and not to be killed (no haṃtaviyāni). In PE VII(NN) we read dhaṃmavaḍhi vaḍhitā avihiṃsāye bhūtānaṃ anālaṃbhāye pānānaṃ, “The progress of morality has been promoted (because it leads) to abstention from hurting living beings (and) to abstention from killing animals.” With specific regard to men, Aśoka expresses his regret about the number of persons killed in, or as a consequence of, the war in Kaliṅga (RE XIII(E)), and states his hope that the forest dwellers will repent so that they may not be killed (avatrapeyu na ca haṃñeyasu, in the reading of Sh at RE XIII(N)). It appears, however, from PE IV that men could be sentenced to death in Aśoka's empire.


Author(s):  
SUGUNADEVI VEERAN ◽  
S.SANTHIYA

It is knowledge and emotion that haunt human society. From the day the world appeared until the day the world ended, knowledge and emotion existed. According to Thiruvalluvar, knowledge that calms the emotion in his kural. Meyppatu are manifestations of mental consciousness. Tholkkappiyar has numbered the emotions that appear in the human mind in his epic Tholkkappiyam in Chapter Porulathigaaram. He has analyzed the emotions that appear within him in a way that others can know and understand very accurately (Meyppatu). They are eight types of emotions that apply to all human beings in the world. Meyppatu are the expression of human instincts. This dissertation aims to find out how the poetic enlightenment has been manipulated in the poetic epistemology of the numerical facts stated in the economics of Tholkappiam the fact of the matter is that consciousness is an emotional state that paves the way for human happiness. Any living being born into the world wants to be happy. Therefore, the researcher has used the poems of Arivumathi to prove this fact.


2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 727
Author(s):  
Ana Paula Da Silva ◽  
Janaína Barbosa Da Silva ◽  
Elânia Daniele Silva Araújo

As marismas são ecossistemas mais produtivos das zonas temperadas e subtropicais, este se desenvolve em áreas abrigadas onde o impacto das ondas é reduzido. Este ecossistema é complexo altamente resiliente e resistente se desenvolve dependendo de diversos fatores, entre os quais se destacam a topografia local, a amplitude das marés e o aporte de água doce. Já o manguezal ecossistema análogo à marisma tem um valor social amplo, visto que muitas pessoas vivem dos produtos desse ecossistema, dependendo desse ambiente para sobreviver. Sua importância ambiental evidencia-o como um verdadeiro “berçário” para diversas espécies que aí se encontram, contudo, taxas alarmantes alertam para a supressão das marismas, dos manguezais e dos apicuns. Tais situações exigem ações imediatas quanto ao desenvolvimento de programas capazes de incentivar e de suportar pesquisas ecossistêmicas, com propostas de planos de manejo, capacitação de recursos humanos técnicos e administradores, que além de cuidar da educação ambiental em seu sentido mais amplo também seja uma forma de conservação dos recursos costeiros. Dessa forma percebe-se a importância do estudo dos manguezais e de suas feições (Mangue e Apicum), já que estes são considerados como importante zona úmida costeira tropical, por permitirem uma constante troca de água, nutrientes, sedimentos e organismos, sendo este de grande valor ecológico, providenciando bens e serviços que atendem diretamente e indiretamente seres humanos e organismos costeiros. Reconhecendo a importância da dinâmica de destruição da vegetação neste importante ecossistema pretende-se assim intensificar ainda mais as pesquisas e ações de preservação nesses ecossistemas. Salt Marsh, Mangrove (Mangrove And Salt Flats): Ecosystem Of Transitionearth Sea Of BrazilA B S T R A C TThe river mouth areas, also known as the land-sea transition, occur on all continents of the Earth. When these environments present significant changes of exchange between the sweet and saline waters in the intertopic and subtropical bands, it can be said that there are two distinct ecosystems: marshes and mangroves. They occupy tropical, subtropical, and coastal areas. They go beyond productive ecological functions, shelter zones and animal habitats. Its environmental importance evidences them as a true "nursery" for several species found there, however, alarming rates warn of the suppression of marshes, mangroves and apicums. Such situations require immediate actions in the development of programs capable of encouraging and supporting ecosystemic research, with proposals for management plans, training of technical human resources and administrators, which, in addition to taking care of environmental education in its broadest sense, is also a form conservation of coastal resources. In this way, the importance of the study of mangroves and their features (Mangue and Apicum) can be perceived, since these are considered as important tropical coastal wetlands, since they allow a 8 constant exchange of water, nutrients, sediments and organisms, being this one of ecological value, providing goods and services that directly and indirectly serve human beings and coastal organisms. Recognizing the importance of the dynamics of vegetation destruction in this important ecosystem, we intend to further intensify research and preservation actions in these ecosystemsKeywords: Everglades, feature, nursery.


2021 ◽  
pp. 82-86
Author(s):  
Dr. Josit Mariya

Vaikom Muhammed Basheer is a notable writer of Malayalam literature. His works are always close to nature. People can easily identify his works because of their lucid language and their inclination to nature. In his work, ‘Bhoomiyude Avakashikal’ (The Inheritors of Earth), the author tries to talk about the need of considering the animals and birds around us because they are also a part of our earth. Basheer sheds light on the truth that the entire species in this world have the same rights that man holds. Each and every living being has the equal right to live and enjoy their surroundings as human beings. If we don’t protect our nature - the vegetation and biodiversity around us - we have no future.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 143-146
Author(s):  
M R Sandhya ◽  
M V Vinodkumar

Theory of Triguna, originally explained in Sankhya Darshana and accepted in Ayurveda, says that the whole universe is composed of three major attributes namely Satwa, Raja and Tama. The living being, with its physique and psyche, represents the universe, hence, is made up of these three major attributes. The relationship of triguna with Panchamahabhuta, Tridosha and Shadchakra are already studied. Transactional analysis and triguna are inter-related. Basic emotions of human beings are love, hatred and fear. They generate need, action and confusion. These three qualities are interdependent, complementary and antagonistic at the same time. Wellness of human beings incorporates eight mutually interdependent dimensions. All these dimensions cannot be satisfied by a personality with a single guna, but a combination of Satwa, Raja and Tamo guna play here. Similarly multiple intelligences in a person depend on the predominant guna present in them. By understanding and promoting the multiple intelligences in a person helps to shine them in their own world. This paper is a prime attempt to put light on the concept of triguna.


2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee Nam-In

AbstractIn the past 20 years, the concept of instinct has been discussed in respect to various disciplines such as evolutionary biology, evolutionary psychology, linguistics, ethics, aesthetics, and phenomenology, etc. However, the meaning of instinct still remains unclarified in many respects. In order to overcome this situation, it is necessary to elucidate the genuine meaning of instinct so that the discussion of instinct in these disciplines can be carried out systematically. The objective of this paper is to establish the genuine concept of instinct on the basis of a phenomenological criticism of A. Gehlen’s theory of instinct-reduction. Moreover, it seeks to show that this concept is the genetic origin of the embodied consciousness. According to Gehlen, instinct is defined as Instinkthandlung. However, this definition of instinct is problematic in the formal logical sense, since the definiendum (the instinct) is already included in the definiens (Instinkthandlung). Moreover, it faces different kinds of serious material problems. Criticizing Gehlen’s theory of instinct systematically, I will show that instinct should be redefined as “the innate living force that urges a species of living being to pursue a certain kind of object,” and I will attempt to clarify this definition of instinct in a more detailed manner by offering 11 points. Thereafter, I will argue that Gehlen’s theory of instinct-reduction has to be replaced by the theory of instinct-enlargement in human beings. Finally, I will point out that the genuine concept of instinct is nothing other than the genetic origin of the embodied consciousness.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (SPL4) ◽  
pp. 828-832
Author(s):  
Ramesh G ◽  
Pratyusha ◽  
Sivasankari S ◽  
Malini Evangeline Rose

The research was assessed to evaluate the efficacy of fresh juice of Psidium guajava and Mentha piperita against selected aerobic and anaerobic bacterial strain. The fresh juice was extracted and evaluated for its antimicrobial activity on anaerobic pathogens like Fusobacterium nucleatum (Fn), Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg) and Prevotella intermedia (Pi). Antimicrobial activity was evaluated by the disc diffusion method and minimum inhibitory concentration. Long before since from the ancient time, humankind depended on the trees and herbs for medicines to alleviate ailments, search for better health, fragrance, flavours and food. In ancient time human beings depended on animals and plants for his food, shelter demand etc. Over 5000 years, peoples of India and China kept on the use of plants for food as well as to protect from disease. Most of the dental problems are due to microorganism (Oral Pathogens) like Fusobacterium, Actinomyces, Porphyromonas, Prevotella, Eubacterium, Bacteroids, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Enterococcus etc. Microbial debridement might uproot pathogenic living being due to their area. Previously, subepithelial gingival tissues, crevicular epithelial cells, other anatolian dialect features entangling sufficient defiant. The results indicate that Psidium guajava and Mentha piperita leaves shows significant Antimicrobial activity due to the presence of flavonoids. This work is more useful in health Mentha Piperita Fresh Leaves Juice for Perio Pathogens.


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