Manuscript Number : SHISRRJ192652

Environmental Awareness as Recoded In Atharvaveda

Authors(1) :-Deeptiprava Nayak

The Vedas are the first texts in the literature of human race. They deal with knowledge, both physical and spiritual. The Vedic views revolve around the concept of Nature and life. We can easily figure it out how nature was related to life and livelihood of Vedic people through their literature which is referred to as The Vedas. This paper attempts to explore the awareness of ancient Indian people about Environment. In various texts of The Vedas we find the oldest and simplest form of Nature worship. This ancient literature reflects on the history of Vedic period, as literature mirrors society and social lives. It is well established fact the nature plays a dominant role in human life. Man has its roots in nature. The Vedas contain hymns in the form of praises and prayers addressed to gods who are personifications of the powers of nature. The hymns are mostly devoted to the adoration of the phenomena of nature.

Authors and Affiliations

Deeptiprava Nayak
Research Scholar, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India

Atharvavda, Water, Environment

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 2 | Issue 6 | November-December 2019
Date of Publication : 2019-12-30
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 100-103
Manuscript Number : SHISRRJ192652
Publisher : Shauryam Research Institute

ISSN : 2581-6306

Cite This Article :

Deeptiprava Nayak, "Environmental Awareness as Recoded In Atharvaveda", Shodhshauryam, International Scientific Refereed Research Journal (SHISRRJ), ISSN : 2581-6306, Volume 2, Issue 6, pp.100-103, November-December.2019
URL : https://shisrrj.com/SHISRRJ192652

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