ECOLOGICAL ETHICS IN THE VEDAS: A HISTORICAL ANALYSIS

The objective of the proposed paper is to examine the attitudes and behaviours of the Aryans towards nature. I intend to draw the attention of the historians towards our cultural past in new perspective, i.e. the Vedas Compendia (Samhita) because there are solutions of various problems concerning ecological and environmental consciousness as described in the texts. The facts discussed in the Vedas are mostly the outcome related to the study of nature and man's place in the universe. In fact, the Vedic hymns express deep communion with nature. Nature is to be understood as a friend, revered as a mother, obeyed as a father and nurtured as a beloved child.