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VII. Utdha Srotas or with upward current of the food taken,
the Sthavara or Immobile kingdom with six divi-
sions.
(1) Vanaspati Plants that fructify without flowers.
(2) Oshadhi Creepers that last till the ripening of fruits.
(3) Latd Ascending creepers.
(4) Tvaksdm Those of which the growth is not in the
centre, but in the dermal regions, as bamboos.
(5) Virudh Non-ascending woody creepers.
(6) Druma Flowering plants.
The consciousness of all the six classes is almost obscured by
Tamas. They are sensitive only to internal touch. They have many
peculiarities.
VIII. Tiryak-Stotas. With slanting food current. The posi-
tion of the animal stomach as regards the animal mouth is such that
food is not taken in vertically, but either horizontally or slantingly.
The animal kingdom has 28 divisions. The animals are ignorant,
with predominating Tamas, with the sense of smell largely developed
in them so much that they mostly perceive by that sense, and with
the faculties of the heart entirely undeveloped. The 28 classes are:
1. Living on the ground,
i. The cloven-footed.
(i) Cow, (2) goat, (3) buffalo (4) krishnasara, the spotted
antelope, (5) hog, (6) gavaya, a species of ox, (7) ruru,
a kind of deer, (8) sheep, (9) camel.
ii, The whole hoofed.
(10) Ass, (n) horse, (12) mule, (13) goura, a kind of deer,
(14) sarabha, a kind of deer, (15) chamari, a kind of
deer.
iii. The five-nailed,
(16) Dog, (17) jackal, (18) wolf, (19) tiger, (20) cat, (21)
hare, rabbit, (22) porcupine, (23) lion, (24) monkey, (25)
elephant, (26) tortoise, (27) alligator.
2. (28) Aquatic animals and birds.
IX. Arvdk-Srotas or with downward food current, the Human
kingdom with predominant Rajas, given to Karma, mistaking misery
for happiness,
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