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Creation (prajā-sṛṣṭi) - Verse 8

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 5.8

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Sanskrit Original

सप्तमो मानुषो विप्रा अष्टमो ऽनुग्रहः स्मृतः। नवमश्चैव कौमारः प्राकृता वैकृतास्त्विमे।।

saptamo mānuṣo viprā aṣṭamo 'nugrahaḥ smṛtaḥ| navamaścaiva kaumāraḥ prākṛtā vaikṛtāstvime||

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Sūta said: At first the horizontal creation named tiryaksrotas emerged from him; the next was urdhvasrotas chiefly characterized by goodness. Then came arvāksrotas, after that anugraha, and lastly bhūtādi. The first creation of Brahma is known mahat; the second of tanmātrās as bhautika; the third of the senseorgans as aindriya; the fourth of the immovables as mukhya; the fifth of animals as tiryagyoni; the sixth of gods as daivika; the seventh of mankind as mānuṣa; the eighth (of emotions) as anugraha; the ninth of Kumāras as Kaumārya.[2] These are Prākṛta and Vaikṛta creations.