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Superstitions associated with plants in India
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Ancient Science of Life
|May 5, 2012
Abstract:
In this article, superstitions prevailing in India. attached to medicinal plants have been compiled. The author opines that there must be some rationale behind each of these superstitious practices which merits painstaking study to understand thm in the proper perspective.
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