taxonomy question

[Adheesh Sathaye]

Dear James, 

In the epics, the phrase "carācara" (mobile/immobile) is quite common--see for example Bhagavad-gītā 10.39:
yac cāpi sarvabhūtānāṃ bījaṃ tad aham arjuna |
na tad asti vinā yat syān mayā bhūtaṃ carācaram ||


All best wishes,

Adheesh


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Adheesh Sathaye
Department of Asian Studies
University of British Columbia

On Aug 5, 2011, at 8:36 AM, James Hartzell wrote:

> HI
> 
> A colleague has asked me the following question, and I thought some on this list might readily know the answer:
> 
> 'Do you have in Sanskrit a conceptual dichotomy that corresponds to living/non-living or animate/inanimate?
> What exactly does the taxonomy look like? (is the opposition something like human vs. animals vs plants vs material objects, or human and animal vs. plants vs material objects or human and animal and plant vs. material objects, or otherwise?)'
> 
> Cheers
> James Hartzell
> Guest Researcher
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