Matharavritti 54
English (machine translation) 54
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54.1
Here [an opponent] says: Is creation of two kinds only, or is there also a third other than this? To this it is said:
54.2
The divine is of eight varieties, and the animal is fivefold;
and the human is of one kind: in brief, this is the material creation.
54.3
'The divine is of eight varieties': namely, of Brahmā, Prajāpati, Indra, the ancestors, Gandharvas, Yakṣas, Rākṣasas, and Piśācas; such is the eightfold creation of the gods. 'And the animal is fivefold': here, because of common bodily marks, it comprises domesticated beasts, birds, wild animals, reptiles, ending with stationary beings. The human is of one kind, because of common bodily marks, from Brahmins down to Caṇḍālas. In brief, that is, summarily, this is the creation composed of the elements. Thus it is of fourteen kinds.