Bibliography on Hinduism and
Ecology

Contributed by John Noyce, from his forthcoming (2001) Religion
and Development: A Bibliography, johnnoyce@hotmail.com.
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ARAPURA, J.G. Ahimsa in basic Hindu scriptures, with reference to
cosmo-ethics (ecology) Journal of Dharma 1991;16(3):197-210
BALAPURE, K.N., et al Plants of the Ramayana Ancient Science of Life
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BANERJEE, S.C. Flora and fauna in Sanskrit literature Calcutta: Naya
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BANWARI Pancavati: Indian approach to environment Delhi: Shri Vinayak
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BAWA, V.K. Environment and development - a Gandhian approach Asian
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CHAITANYA, K. A profounder ecology: the Hindu view of man and nature The
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CHANDRASEKHAR, S. The Hindu understanding of population and population
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G.A.James (New Delhi: A.P.H. Publishing Corporation, 1999):189-216
CHAPPLE, C. Contemporary Jaina and Hindu responses to the ecological
crisis In: An ecology of the spirit: religious reflection and environmental
consciousness. Edited by M.H.Barnes (Lanham, Md: University Press of
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CHAPPLE, C.K. Hindu environmentalism: traditional and contemporary
resources The Bucknell Review 1993;37(2):113-123 Also in: Worldviews and
ecology: religion, philosophy, and the environment. Edited by M.E.Tucker and
J.A.Grim (Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 1994):113-123
CHAPPLE, C.K. India's earth consciousness In: The soul of nature:
celebrating the spirit of the earth. Edited by M.Tobias and G.Cowan (New
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CHAPPLE, C.K. Towards an indigenous Indian environmentalism In: Purifying
the earthly body of God: religion and ecology in Hindu India. Edited by
L.Nelson (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1998):13-37
CHAPPLE, C.K., and M.E.TUCKER, eds Hinduism and ecology: the intersection
of earth, sky, and water Harvard, Mass: Harvard University Press, 2000
COLYER, B. Hind Swaraj: a green manifesto Gandhi Marg 1995;17(3):320-330
COWARD, H.G. The new master-paradigm: ecology [Hindu and Christian
perspectives] Hindu-Christian Studies Bulletin 1993;v6:5-44
COWARD, H. The ecological implications of karma theory In: Purifying the
earthly body of God: religion and ecology in Hindu India. Edited by L.Nelson
(Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1998):39-49
CRAWFORD, C. The ecological conscience of Hinduism Indian Philosophy and
Culture 1971;16(2):147-158
CREMO, M.A., and M.GOSWAMI Divine nature: a spiritual perspective on the
environmental crisis Los Angeles: Bhaktivedanta Institute, 1995
DARIAN, S.G. The Ganges in myth and history Honolulu: University of
Hawaii, 1978
DAS, S. Forest policy of the Mauryas: an ecological perspective [ancient
India] Quarterly Review of Historical Studies 1996;36(3-4):22-35
DAVE, V. The rivers in the Vamana Purana Purana 1970;12:33-47
DE SANTIS, S. Nature and man: the Hindu perspectives Varanasi, 1995. 2v
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DEUTSCH, E. Vedanta and ecology Indian Philosophical Annual (Madras)
1970;v7:79-88
DIEHL, C.G. The Goddess of forests in Tamil literature Tamil Culture
1964;11:308-316
DWIVEDI, O.P., and B.N.TIWARI Environmental crisis and Hindu religion New
Delhi: Gitanjali Publishing House, 1987
DWIVEDI, O.P., and B.N.TIWARI Environmental protection in the Hindu
religion In: World religions and the environment. Edited by O.P.Dwivedi (New
Delhi: Gitanjali Publishing House, 1989):158-186,339-361
DWIVEDI, O.P. Darshan: nature and the face of God New York: SYDA
Foundation, 1990
DWIVEDI, O.P. Satyagraha for conservation: awakening the spirit of
Hinduism In: Ethics of environment and development. Edited by J.R.Engel and
J.Gibb (Chichester, UK: Wiley, 1990) Also in: This sacred earth: religion,
nature, environment. Edited by R.S.Gottlieb (New York: Routledge,
1996):151-164
DWIVEDI, O.P. Global dharma to the environment Indian Journal of Public
Administration 1993;39(2):566-576
DWIVEDI, O.P. Human responsibility and the environment: a Hindu
perspective Hindu-Christian Studies Bulletin 1993;6:19-26
DWIVEDI, O.P. Environmental protection in the Indian tradition In: Ethical
perspectives on environmental issues in India. Edited by G.A.James (New
Delhi: APH Publishing Corporation, 1999):161-188
ECK, D.L. Ganga: the Goddess in Hindu sacred geography In: The divine
consort: Radha and the goddesses of India. Edited by J.S.Hawley and D.M.Wulff
(Boston: Beacon Press, 1982)(Berkeley Religious Studies Series):166-183
FELDHAUS, A. The image of the forest in the Mahatmyas of the rivers of the
Deccan In: The history of sacred places in India as reflected in traditional
literature. Edited by H.Bakker. Panels of the VIIth World Sanskrit
Conference, vol.3. (Leiden: E.J.Brill, 1990):90-102
FELDHAUS, A. Types of river goddesses in Maharashtra In: Folk culture,
folk religion and oral traditions as components in Maharashtrian culture.
Edited by G.-D.Sontheimer (Maharashtra: Culture and Society/ New Delhi:
Manohar, 1994):31-47
FELDHAUS, A. Water and womanhood: religious meanings of rivers in
Maharashtra New York: Oxford University Press, 1995
GADGIL, M., and V.D.VARTAK The sacred uses of nature In: Social ecology.
Edited by R.Guha (Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1994):82-89 (extracted from
Gadgil and Vartak 1976 - see sacred groves section)
GADGIL, M. The Indian heritage of a conservation ethic In: Ethical perspectives
on environmental issues in India. Edited by G.A.James (New Delhi: A.P.H.
Publishing Corporation, 1999):141-160
GHILDIYAL VINEET, and R.C.SHARMA Some Himalayan birds and their
conservation in Rigvedic India Himalayan Research and Development 1985;4(2):24-25
GUHA, R. Mahatma Gandhi and the environmental movement Pune: Parisar
Annual Lecture, 1993
GUPTA, L. Ganga: purity, pollution, and Hinduism In: Ecofeminism and the
sacred. Edited by C.J.Adams (New York: Continuum, 1994):99-116
HARRIS, M. The cultural ecology of India's sacred cattle Current
Anthropology Feb 1966 Reprint: 1992;33(1):261-276
HOPKINS, E.W. Mythological aspects of trees and mountains in the great
epic Journal of the American Oriental Society 1910;v30:347-374
HOPKINS, E.W. The sacred rivers of India In: Studies in the history of
religions presented to Crawford Howell Toy. Edited by D.G.Lyon and G.F.Moore
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JAMES, G., ed Ethical perspectives on environmental issues in India New
Delhi: APH Publishing, 1999
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G.A.James (New Delhi: A.P.H. Publishing Corporation, 1999):3-30
JANSMA, R. Ecology in a theosophical perspective Theosophist (Madras)
1989;111(2):62-68
JAVADEKAR, A.G. Modern ecology - the relevance of Sankhya Journal of the
Oriental Institute (Baroda) 1976;25(3-4):260-264
JHA, V.N., ed. Proceedings of the National Seminar on Environmental
Awareness reflected in Sanskrit Literature Pune: Centre of Advanced Study in
Sanskrit, University of Pune, 1991
KAMAT, N.G. Ecology as depicted in the Yogavasistha In: Proceedings of the
National Seminar on Environmental Awareness reflected in Sanskrit Literature.
Edited by V.N.Jha (Pune: Centre of Advanced Study in Sanskrit, University of
Pune, 1991):148-153
KAPADIA, B.H. The four-fold division of the heavenly river in the Puranas
Purana 1962;4:146-153
KHOSHOO, T.N. Gandhian environmentalism In: Ethical perspectives on
environmental issues in India. Edited by G.A.James (New Delhi: A.P.H.
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KINSLEY, D. Reflections on ecological themes in Hinduism Journal of Dharma
1991;16(3):229-245
KINSLEY, D. Ecology and religion: ecological spirituality in
cross-cultural perspective Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1995 Chapter
5: Hinduism: ecological themes
KLOSTERMAIER, K.K. Bhakti, ahimsa and ecology Journal of Dharma
1991;16(3):246-254
KLOSTERMAIER, K.K. Hinduism, population and the environment In:
Population, consumption and the environment: religious and secular responses.
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KUMAR, S.V. The Pauranic lore of holy water-places, with special reference
to Skanda Purana New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal, 1983
KUSUMA BAI, K. Nature and Hindu festivals - an environmental perspective
Itihas: journal of the Andhra Pradesh State Archives and Research Institute
1998;24(1-2):1-12
LEWIS, C.A. The Purana texts relating to the rivers of India Purana
1983;25:31-43
McMULLEN, C.O., ed Religion and creation: ecological and developmental
concerns in Indian religions Bulletin of the Christian Institute for
Religious Studies 1996;v25:3-56
MOSES, S.T. Fish and religion in South India Quarterly Journal of the
Mythic Society 1922;13:549-554 MUMME, P.Y. Models and images for a Vaisnava
environmental theology: the potential contribution of Srivaisnavism In:
Purifying the earthly body of God: religion and ecology in Hindu India. Edited
by L.Nelson (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1998):133-162
NAGARAJAN, V.R. The Earth Goddess as Bhu Devi: toward a theory of
'embedded ecologies' in folk Hinduism In: Purifying the earthly body of God:
religion and ecology in Hindu India. Edited by L.Nelson (Albany, NY: State
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NARAYANAN, V. "One tree is equal to ten sons": Hindu responses
to the problems of ecology, population, and consumption Journal of the
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NELSON, L.E. Reverence for nature or the irrelevance of nature? Advaita
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NELSON, L., editor Purifying the earthly body of God: religion and ecology
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NELSON, L. The dualism of nondualism: Advaita Vedanta and the irrelevance
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NOVAK, P. Tao how? Asian religions and the problem of environmental
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OKA, G.B. Viewing economics and ecology from a Hindu perspective In: No
more yoke on our neck. Fifty years independence of Indonesie. The year of
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PANDEY, S. Ganga and Yamuna in Indian art and literature Chandigarh: Indra
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PARKHILL, T. The forest setting in Hindu epics Lewiston, NY: Mellen
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PEARSON, A. Aspects of Hindu women's vrat tradition as constitutive for
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POKHARIYAL, G.P. The Hindu view of God, humanity and Mother Nature In:
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global development Bulletin of the Institute of Traditional Cultures (Madras)
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RANDHAWA, M.S. The cult of trees and tree worship in Buddhist and Hindu
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