Firstly, it is obligatory to understand the very concept of ‘Botanical’ before going ahead. As many of the readers might not be aware with the subject matter, on which this review has been carried out.
Well, the term ‘Botanical’ refers to a substance obtained from a plant and used typically in medicinal or cosmetic products. The term Botanical is derived from Botany, which refers to the scientific study of the physiology, structure, genetics, ecology, distribution, classification, and economic importance of plants. Botany, also called plant science, plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field.
The book, ‘English ⇄ Hindi Dictionary Of Botanical Terms (Hindictbot)’ by the authors Dr. Bal Krishna Misra and Saurabh Misra is actually a ‘Dictionary’ of botanical terms. This dictionary has been prepared primarily for the academic purposes and is designed in such a manner that the language barriers can easily be avoided. The good thing is that the readers and the learners will find the appropriate meaning of the botanical terms through this dictionary in both English as well as in Hindi. Undoubtedly, this book (dictionary) is academic in nature but the concepts in this book are vital for the common people too. Therefore, anyone can pick up this book for a read in order to understand some basic and fundamental botanical concepts!
About the Authors: The primary author, Dr. Bal Krishna Misra has over 50+ published/presented paper; his Doctoral degree in Floristic of the districts of Prayagraj & Kaushambi Uttar Pradesh; experience of supervising research on the Floristic of Bhind district (Madhya Prades) and the districts of Etawah, Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat, Kanpur Nagar and Unnao in Uttar Pradesh, to his credit. Flora of Allahabad (Prayagraj & Kaushabi of present time), Flora of Etawah & Auraiya districts are already published, Flora of Bhind district in pipeline, and those of Kanpur Dehat, Kanpur Nagar and Unnao ditricts in prelim stage.
Meanwhile he has also contributed over 400 new Questions to the AIU Question Bank of Botany, and revised the Section of Plant Physiology & Biochemistry and Angiosperms. The present book English-Hindi Dictionary of Botanical Terms (Hindictbot) is the author’s latest contribution!
While, the Co-author Saurabh Misra played the vital role of manoeuvring the data management, assessment and processing as to bring out the book to its present form.
Book’s Introduction: This book, ‘English ⇄ Hindi Dictionary Of Botanical Terms (Hindictbot)’ by the authors Dr. Bal Krishna Misra and Saurabh Misra comes under the category of “Medical Dictionary!” The present book is an outcome of a 3.5 Decades long modus operandi, comprising three integrated steps- Collection of relevant Botanical terms, a search for Hindi version of the selected and the data compilation and processing, as to bring out the book in present form!
This bilingual book comprises 532 Landscape style printed text pages deals with over 8.5 K Botanical terms, frequently used in the study and examination curriculum of various Boards, Universities and competitive examinations. The first part includes English to Hindi Version of Botanical Terms. The Hindi Version is available in the two scripts – Roman and Devanagari. The second part includes Hindi to English version of the same text. The book will benefit students, teachers, paper setters and all amateur persons needing English to Hindi or Hindi to English version of Botanical terms.
Readers’ Connect: Well, the best thing about this highly valuable book is that it intends to provide an easy access, concise and selective language translation dictionary for Botanical terms. The compilation includes the terms which are been frequently used in the UG as well as PG studies and various competitive examinations. The citation of Hindi terminology is also kept concise, accurate and is based upon the exact theme in the relevant literature!
With an intension to improve the access of the Hindi terminology, several voluminous English-Hindi dictionaries for scientific terms have been published. However, the restricted access, voluminous size and clubbing together of Hindi version terms of all science subject in these books, have created a communication gap. Therefore, for bridging this lacuna, the authors of this book created a separate, concise, subject and syllabus based English-Hindi dictionary by covering the botanical concepts.
Book’s Verdict: If we will study the complete subject matter presented by the Authors in this book, then we can easily conclude that of course, the Book Title is very apt and suitable. The Authors have very well justified the book title, as the subject matter present in this book truly gives a very deep and layer by layer information of the subject matter!
Moreover, a book like “English ⇄ Hindi Dictionary Of Botanical Terms (Hindictbot)” deserves a chance by the academic as well as non-academic readers. Since as readers most of us do not even have the very basic knowledge of the botanical concepts, which actually comes very handy in our practical lives and can help us in several ways.
Therefore, for the sake of knowledge and awareness, this book is a Must Pick one, and the Authors indeed deserves appreciation for presenting some very highly beneficial knowledge by laying out the ‘Botanical’ concepts in the most simplified and understandable manner, through their book!
Book Link: https://www.amazon.in/dp/9356730253/
