Plants according to the Purāas1 give happiness both here alone on the earth and hereafter. The paper highlights the importance of plants from religious, cultural, ritualistic and economic point of view. Viudharmottara Purāa describes that by offering flowers to God, one gets blessings and leads propitious, prosperous and auspicious life. Offering flowers to deities also results in better fortune, glory, supremacy, opulence and happiness of mind. The plants described in Purāas include Āmalakī, Aśoka, Bilva, Khadira, Tulasī, Aśvattha etc. Economically the plants play a vital role in making of garment, cosmetics, ornament and wood based industries etc. Plants are richest source of food and also have medicinal use.

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Puranas中所述植物的重要性

根据Purāas1的植物给地球上和此后的人们带来幸福。本文从宗教，文化，仪式和经济的角度强调了植物的重要性。Vi·udharmottaraPurāa描述，向上帝献花，就会得到祝福并过着吉祥，繁荣和吉祥的生活。向神仙献花还可以带来更好的命运，荣耀，至高无上，富裕和精神幸福。Purāas中描述的植物包括Āmalakī，Aśoka，Bilva，Kadira，Tulasī，Aśvattha等。从经济上讲，植物在制衣，化妆品，装饰品和木材等工业中起着至关重要的作用。植物是最丰富的食物来源，也是有药用价值。