Hindu texts to an author, as a derivative work they are considered less authoritative than "Sruti" in Hinduism. The Smrti literature is a vast corpus of diverse texts, and includes but is not limited to Vedāngas, the Hindu epics, the Sutras and Shastras, the texts of Hindu philosophies, the Puranas, the Kāvya or poetical literature, the "Bhasyas", and numerous "Nibandhas" (digests) covering politics, ethics, culture, arts and society. Many ancient and medieval Hindu texts were composed in Sanskrit, many others in regional Indian languages. In modern times, most ancient texts have been translated into other Indian languages and some in Western languages.
Religion and environmentalism ideas that are in line with environmentalism, such as wu wei, moderation, compassion and Taoist animism. Parallels were found between Taoism and deep ecology. Pioneer of environmentalism John Muir was called "the Taoist of the West". Rosenfeld wrote 'Taoism is environmentalism'. In Jainism, the ancient and perhaps timeless philosophical concepts, like "Parasparopagraho Jivanam", were more recently compiled into a Jain Declaration on Nature, which describes the religion's inherent biocentrism and deep ecology. () Religions of the World and Ecology Book Series: Other Texts: Religion and environmentalism Religion and environmentalism is an emerging interdisciplinary subfield in the academic disciplines of religious