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Plant means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Christianity, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)

Plants were studies by the ancient Indians according to the morphology branch of “plant science”, which ultimately involves the study of life history of plants, including its origin and development, their external and internal structures and the relation of the members of the plant body with one another.—This branch of Botany is divided into “external morphology” and “internal morphology” or “histology”. Vṛkṣāyurveda of Parāśara has given detailed information on plant morphology.

The various parts of Plant (i.e., plants such as Vṛkṣa, Vallī and Gulma) are detailled in the vṛkṣāṅga-sūtrīya-adhyāya, i.e., the chapter of the bījotpatti-kāṇḍa of Parāśara’s Vṛkṣāyurveda,

Leaf (patra),
Flower (puṣpa),
Fruit (phala),
Root (mūla),
Bark (tvak),
Stem (kāṇḍa),
Heart-wood (sāra),
Sap (svarasa),
Exudation (niryāsa),
Oleaginous matter (sneha),
Spine or Prickle (kaṇṭaka),
Seed (bīja),
Seedling (praroha).

The parts of plants are also mentioned in the Vājasaneyī Saṃhitā and Taittirīya Saṃhitā:

Root (mūla),
Panicle (tūla),
Stem (kāṇḍa),
Twig (valśa),
Flower (puṣpa),
Fruit (phala),
Corona (skandha),
Branch (śākhā),
Leaf (parṇa).

Various other Sanskrit texts mention even more parts:

Sub-terranean part (pāda or mūla) (also described as simply the “root”),
Sub-aerial part (tūla or vistāra) (also described as simply the “panicle”),
Floral leaves (dala),
Seedlings (aṅkura),
Seed-coat (bījakośa).

Source: academia.edu: Plant Morphology as depicted in Sanskrit texts

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Hindi dictionary

Plant in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) a plot (of land)..—plant (प्लांट) is alternatively transliterated as Plāṃṭa.

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

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