Indian Medicine (Medicin), translated by C. G. Kashikar c10.20

c10.20

The organic world is usually divided into four classes: *svedaja* or *ūṣmaja*—originating from heat (insects), *aṇḍaja*—originating from egg (birds, serpents etc.), *udbhijja*—originating from a shoot (plants), *jarāyuja*—originating from a womb (men etc.). This division need not necessarily start from the Sāṃkhya philosophy¹.