taxonomy question

Fri Aug 5 18:39:32 UTC 2011

cetana (or sacetana) and acetana are found.

anta.h-sa.mj;na and bahi.h-sa.mj;na should also be taken into account. Lambert Schmithausen's writings on the sentience of plants are useful in this regard. See also Albrecht Wezler. 1987. "On the term anta.h-sa.mj;na." ABORI LXVIII: 111-131. 

ashok aklujkar

On 2011-08-05, at 8:36 AM, James Hartzell wrote:

> 'Do you have in Sanskrit a conceptual dichotomy that corresponds to living/non-living or animate/inanimate?
> 