trees depicted in mayamatam
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Ancient Indian text “Mayamatam by Sage Maya deals with Vastushastra. The text contains names of 75 suitable or unsuitable trees for construction of habitat . It is surprising to note that none of these botanical species has become extinct during last 15 centuries. The slide caption contains relevant chapter and verse numberTRANSCRIPT
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Ancient Indian Trees depicted in Mayamatam
Presentation byDr. A. S. Nene
Prof. of Civil Engineering(Retd)VNIT Nagpur
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Ancient Indian text “Mayamatam by Sage
Maya deals with Vastushastra.
The text contains names of 75 suitable or
unsuitable trees for construction of habitat .
It is surprising to note that none of these
botanical species has become extinct during
last 15 centauries.
The slide caption contains relevant chapter
and verse number
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15.64 - Falsa - Grewia asiati
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15.64-black catechu / cutch treeAcacia catechu Wild. Mimosoideae
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15,64-Babul tree - Acacia arebika
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15.64- Indian butter tree South Indian mahua-Madhuca longifolia Linn. / Bassia longifulia Sapotaceae
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15.64-Royal poinciana - Delonix regia
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15.64-Golden or yellow champa- Michelia champaca Linn. Magnoliaceae
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15.64-Black wood- Dalbergia latifolia
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15.64-arjuna myrobalan-Terminalia arjuna - Am. Combretaceae
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15.64- Pagoda tree - Tabernaemontana Styphnolobium japonicum
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15.64- Rubber tree- Hevea brasiliensis,
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15.64- white sandalwood-Santalum album Linn. Santalaceae
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15.65- Date palm - Phoenix dactilifera
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15.65- dhavan- Grewia tiliaefolia Vahl. Tiliaceae
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15.65-Sago Palm- Cryota alrenus
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15.65- Teak tree - Tectona grandis
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15.65-Cheraunji nut treeBuchanania lanzan
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15.65- stone flower- Parmelia perlata (Huds.) Ach. Lichenes
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15.65-
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15.65- Indian lilac / margosa tree - Azidiracta indica A Juss. Meliaceae
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15.65-Indian Kino Malabar Kino -Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb. Papilionaceae
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15.65- pomelo / shadduck of West IndiesCitrus decumana Linn. Rutaceae
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15.66- Box myrtle-Myrica esculenta Buch – Ham
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15.66- Money jack tree-Fig tree- Ficus carica
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15.66- Indian jackfruit tree -Artocarpus integrifolia Linn. / heterophyllus
Urticaceae
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15.66- Saptaparni tree- Alstonia scholaris
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15.66- Jamoon tree- Eugenia jambolana.
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15.66- Bitter Apple -Colocynath,
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15.108- sacred fig / peepal tree-Ficus religiosa Linn. Urticaceae
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15.106- cluster fig / country fig-Ficus racemosa Linn. / glomerata Urticaceae
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15.108- Ficus arnottiana Miq. Moraceae/Urticaceae
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15.108- banyan tree - Ficus bengalensis Linn. Urticaceae
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15.108- bael- Aegle marmelos Corr. ex. Roxb. Rutaceae
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15.109- bastard teak -Butea monosperma Kuntze frondosa Koem ex. Roxb Leguminosae
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15.109- conessi bark tree Holarrhena antidysenterica (white) Wall.
Apocynaceae
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15.109- tooth brush tree / salt bushSalvadora persica Linn. Salvadoraceae
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15-109- CordiadichotomaFrost.f.
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15-109- Lodh tree-chunga- Symplocos cochinchinensis
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15.109- wild cinchona-Anthocephalus indicus A. Rich. / cadamba Miq. Rubiaceae
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15.110- Night-flowering Jasmine - Nyctanthes arbortristis
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15.110- Geranium tree, Camel`s foot, Butterfly tree- bauhinia-purpurea
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15.110- Tamarind tree- Tamarindus indica
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15.110- Silk cotton tree-
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56-15.110- cassia flower / sponge treeAcacia leucophloea /farnesiana Willd. Fabaceae / Mimosaceae
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15.111- Cork Oak Tree- Eleiocarpus calamus
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15.111- utrasum-bead tree- Elaeocarpus sphaericus (Gaertn.) K. Schum./ E. ganitrus
Roxb. Elaeocarpaceae
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15.111- Indian gooseberry- Emblica officinalis Gaertn./ Phyllanthus emblica Linn.
Euphorbiaceae
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15.111- Wood Apple-Limonia acidissima
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15.111- Indian gamboge- Garcinia morella Desr. Guttiferae
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15.111- Putranjiva roxburghii Wall. / Drypetes
roxburghii Wall. Euphorbiaceae
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15.112- Snake wood tree- Acacia xiphophylla
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15.112- Indian beech- Pongamia glabra Linn. / pinnata / Galedupa indica Papilionaceae
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15.112- three-leaved caper- Crataeva nurvala / religiosa / magna Hook & Forst. Capparidaceae
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15.112- Indian plum / jujube / bherefruit tree- Zizyphus sativus Rhamnaceae
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15.112- bullet-wood tree- Mimusops elengi Linn. Sapotaceae
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15.112
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15.112- aloe wood / eagle wood- Aquilaria agallocha Roxb. Thymelacaceae
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15.113- camphor tree- Cinnamomum camphora Nees & Eberm. Lauraceae