Advice for Gardening /Horticulture in Shukra Niti
Plant Science (Botany) aspects in Shukra Niti -4
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BOTANY History of Indian Subcontinent –77
By: Bhishma Kukreti M.Sc. {(Botany), B.Sc. (Honours in Botany), Medical Tourism Historian)
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Shukra Niti is a Niti Shastra or political science book .However, there are advices for gardening in Shukra Niti. Shloka from 52 to 56 of Chapter Lokdharma Nirupan deals with advises for horticulture as (1)-
The Garden should be on left of house or on boundaries only. Irrigation to plants /trees is must in morning and evening in summer; once in there days in winter and on fifth day in spring season. In rainy season, there is no need of irrigation (Shukra Niti Lokdharma Nirupan 52-53).
For fruits protection, boil and them cool the horse gram , black gram , barley , or sesame seeds and put that water into irrigating water or irrigate plants by that water . Irrigate by fish washed water the flowering plants;. The compost of sheep, sesame seeds, red meat is also beneficial for raising the trees (Lokdharma Nirupan 55-56)
The above Shlokas are clear indicators that at the time Shukra Niti creation the horticulture was developed up to satisfactory extent.
References –
1-Shukra Niti, Manoj Pocket Books, Delhi, page 231
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