Manuscript Number : SHISRRJ122524

Perception of Environmental Consciousness in Vedic Literature

Authors(1) :-Dr. Amit Kumar Tiwari

Environment is surrounding the whole gamut of diverse. It includes the land, water, vegetation, air and the whole range of the social order and covers all the disciplines that effect and describe these interactions. Our mother earth is currently facing a lot of environmental concerns like global warming, acid rain, air pollution, waste disposal, pandamic, water pollution, ozone layer depletion and many more affect every human, animal and nation on this planet. The Vedic literature give us the genuine principles to adjust with our environment and lead a spiritual life full of blies. While things have changed for the worse over time and contemporary society is for removed from the environment, ancient India is a splendid contract. Indian life rotates around Indian literature contain in Vedas, Upanishads, Epic and the Puaranas with Dharmshastras in the backgrowd. Veda is considered the main source of knowledge it is the need of the hour that we look back into our past and adopt the rich tradition that will enable us to live in harmony with nature.

Authors and Affiliations

Dr. Amit Kumar Tiwari
Assistant Professor, Rana Pratap P.G. College, Sultanpur, U.P., India

Rigveda, Yajurveda, Atharva Veda, Upanishadas, Aaranyaks, Brahmans, Bio-diversity, Ecological, Conservation, Atmosphere, Traditions, Spiritual, Consciousness, Sustainable.

  1. Rigveda, 7.49.2
  2. Athrava Veda, 8.7.10
  3. Ibid, 8.2. 25
  4. Ibid, 19.38.1
  5. Yajurveda, 13.37
  6. Ibid, 13.49
  7. Ibid, 38.22
  8. Ibid, 6.33
  9. Ibid, 5.43
  10. Athrava Veda, 5.28.5
  11. Brihadaranyakopnishad, 3.9.28
  12. Taittiriya Upanishad, 5.101
  13. Padampuran, 59.7
  14. Skandpuran, 21.66
  15. Varahpuran, 172.39
  16. Padmapuran, 56.40-41
  17. Rigveda, 5.78.7, 7.103.2, 10.71.7
  18. Arthashastra, 3.9.32 – 35, 3.10. 1-3
  19. Brihatasmhita, 55.1
  20. Ibid, 54.119

Publication Details

Published in : Volume 5 | Issue 1 | January-February 2022
Date of Publication : 2022-01-30
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 73-78
Manuscript Number : SHISRRJ122524
Publisher : Shauryam Research Institute

ISSN : 2581-6306

Cite This Article :

Dr. Amit Kumar Tiwari , "Perception of Environmental Consciousness in Vedic Literature", Shodhshauryam, International Scientific Refereed Research Journal (SHISRRJ), ISSN : 2581-6306, Volume 5, Issue 1, pp.73-78, January-February.2022
URL : https://shisrrj.com/SHISRRJ122524

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