Sankhya Karika Verse 53

Sanskrit Verse

अष्टविकल्पो दैवस्तैर्यग्योनश्च पञ्चधा भवति । मानुषश्चैकविधः समासतोऽयं त्रिधा सर्गः ॥ ५३ ॥

Transliteration

aṣṭa vikalpaḥ daivaḥ tairyagyonaḥ ca pañcadhā bhavati | mānuṣakaḥ ca ekavidhaḥ samāsataḥ bhautikaḥ sargaḥ ||

Translation

The superhuman is of eight kinds ; and the grovelling species is of five kinds ; and the human is of a single kind ; this, briefly, is the Bhautika Sarga or Creation of Beings.

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Reference: Sankhya Karika