The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c40.s8.153

v2.c40.s8.153

In addition to creatures born alive, other creatures exist born from a germ or shoot (*udbhid*), born from eggs, and born from moisture like insects and so forth. These ideas which are found only in two passages in the Upaniṣads³ are decisive for later philosophy, but their connexion with the theories of the Upaniṣads is nowhere indicated.