taxonomy question

[Martin Gansten]

The universal Sanskrit dichotomy seems to be moving/nonmoving (carācara, 
sthāvara-jaṅgama, etc). In astrological texts one sometimes sees a 
division into mineral, vegetable and animal (dhātu, mūla, jīva); but I’m 
not sure if that division is indigenous.

Martin Gansten

James Hartzell skrev 2011-08-05 17:36:
> 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
> CIMeC, Center for Mind/Brain Sciences
> University of Trento
> Mattarello, TN, Italy
>
>



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