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July to September 2024 Article ID: NSS8731 Impact Factor:8.05 Cite Score:237 Download: 20 DOI: https://doi.org/ View PDf
Traditional Ecological Values of Indian Knowledge System in The Forest of Enchantments by Chitra Divakaruni Benerjee
Dr. Sehba Jafri
Asstt. Prof. , Language, Commerce & Management Dept., Saifia Science College, Bhopal (M.P.)
Abstract: Chitra Divakaruni
Benerjee is the greatest Indian Writer on Indian Knowledge System. She is school
of Indian Mythological knowledge in herself. Her writings, their flow and
selection of wordings mesmerise the readers in such a way that a reader feels
himself transferred in a different world.
The Forest of Enchantments is the great example of her Indian mythical
knowledge. It is not only a book to convey the unveiled knowledge of Indian
Epics but it is a full set of ethics and Ecological values for what India was
once the teacher of the world. The protagonist of the novel is Queen Seeta, the
wife of Lord and King Ram. This book is the story of Ram in the context of Seeta,
which showcases the hidden aspects of Seeta’s life. One of them is Seeta as a Naturopathiest.
There are lots of things in this story of Seeta till the earth from the birth which
show Seeta as a daughter of nature. The present paper is a small attempt to discusses
the traditional Indian ecological values expressed by Divakaruni through Seeta
which are also the ecological values given by the book.
Keywords: Forest, Earth, Eco System, forestry, irrigation,
architecture, ethno-biology, Medicines, plant.