Hinduism and Ecology

The Intersection of Earth, Sky, and Water

Edited by Christopher Key Chapple

Edited by Mary Evelyn Tucker

    • Preface Lawrence E. Sullivan
    • Series Foreword Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim
    • Introduction Christopher Key Chapple

    The Cultural Underpinnings: Traditional Hindu Concepts of Nature

    • Dharmic Ecology O. P. Dwivedi
    • The Five Great Elements (Pañcamahābhūta): An Ecological Perspective K. L. Seshagiri Rao
    • Nature Romanticism and Sacrifice in Rgvedic Interpretation Laurie L. Patton
    • State Responsibility for Environmental Management: Perspectives from Hindu Texts on Polity Mary McGee
    • Literary Foundations for an Ecological Aesthetic: Dharma, Ayurveda, the Arts, and Abhijñānaśākuntalam T S. Rukmani
    • Reading the Bhagavadgītā from an Ecological Perspective Lance E. Nelson
    • Can Hindu Beliefs and Values Help India Meet Its Ecological Crisis? Anil Agarwal

    Gandhian Philosophy and the Development of an Indigenous Indian Environmental Ethic

    • Too Deep for Deep Ecology: Gandhi and the Ecological Vision of Life Vinay Lal
    • The Inner Logic of Gandhian Ecology Larry D. Shinn

    Forests in Classic Texts and Traditions

    • The Natural History of the Rāmāyana David Lee
    • City, Forest, and Cosmos: Ecological Perspectives from the Sanskrit Epics Philip Lutgendorf
    • "Sacred Grove" and Ecology: Ritual and Science Fréderique Apffel-Marglin and Pramod Parajuli
    • "If You Cut a Branch You Cut My Finger": Court, Forest, and Environmental Ethics in Rajasthan Ann Grodzins Gold

    Flowing Sacrality and Risking Profanity: The Yamunā, Gaʼngā, and Narmada Rivers

    • River of Love in an Age of Pollution David L. Haberman
    • Separate Domains: Hinduism, Politics, and Environmental Pollution Kelly D. Alley
    • The Narmada: Circumambulation of a Sacred Landscape Chris Deegan
    • Sacred Rivers, Sacred Dams: Competing Visions of Social Justice and Sustainable Development along the Narmada William F. Fisher
    • Green and Red, Not Saffron: Gender and the Politics of Resistance in the Narmada Valley Pratyusha Basu and Jael Silliman

    Can Hindu Text and Ritual Practice Help Develop Environmental Conscience?

    • Rituals of Embedded Ecologies: Drawing Kōlams, Marrying Trees, and Generating Auspiciousness Vijaya Nagarajan
    • The Ritual Capsule of Durgā Pūjā: An Ecological Perspective Madhu Khanna
    • Ethical and Religious Dimensions of Chipko Resistance George A. James
    • Appendix 1 Harry Blair
    • Appendix 2 David Lee
    • Glossary
    • Select Bibliography
    • Notes on Contributors
    • Index
  • Cover: Hinduism and Ecology

Christopher Key Chapple is Navin and Pratima Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology, Loyola Marymount University.

Mary Evelyn Tucker is Senior Lecturer, Yale Divinity School.