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Historical Note: Indian Arthropods in Early Sanskrit Literature: A Taxonomical Analysis
2018
Indian Journal of History of Science
Mahai Manu, the author of Manuśmriti (500-400 BCE) classified living beings into four major types -Jarāyuja, Aaja, Svedaja and Udbhija. Insects were kept in Svedaja category. i Manu occupies the same place of honour in Indian literature as Aristotle in Greek philosophy.Insects have been known to man, since Vedic times. There are references of the terms like apada (six legged) in the Mahābhārata. Suśruta Sahitā had six varieties of ants, six varieties of flies, five varieties of
doi:10.16943/ijhs/2018/v53i1/49364
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