The fourteenfold creation of beings
Ancient Ṣimānanda SanskritTats_18
caturdaśavidho bhūtasargaḥ ||
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aṣṭavikalpaṃ daivaṃ paiśācaṃ rākṣasaṃ tadvat / gāndharvamaindraṃ brāhmaṃ ca saumyaṃ brāhmyamathāṣṭakam //
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devayonaya evaite tiryagyonistu pañcadhā / mṛgapaśupakṣisarīsṛpasthāvaramiti bhedasambhinā //
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mānuṣyakaṃ caikavidhaṃ brāhmaṇādicāṇḍālāntam / paśavo gavādimūṣāntāḥ pakṣiṇo garūḍādikāḥ //
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maśakāntā mṛgāścāpi siṃhādi ca śivāntikāḥ / śeṣādi alagardāntāḥ sarpāḥ parvatabhūtṛṇāḥ //
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sthāvarā bhautikaḥ sarga etatsaṃsāramaṇḍalam //