Cultural Variation in the Depiction of Plants in Indian Literature

Abstract

This is a modest attempt to comprehend how culture contributes to the
depiction of plants in diverse ways in Indian literature. Such plants bring out
the concepts, ideas, thoughts, beliefs and superstitions of society. It is
interesting to unravel the threads of good or bad from the varied cultural and
behavioural patterns. It also highlights temporal and spatial variation in
value attached to a particular plant. A joint venture of a person from
literature and plant science thus becomes essential to understand a variety
of cultural settings across diverse traditions and customs in India.