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-Srotas._ -- With slanting food current. The position 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._
(1) 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. _Arvak-Srotas_ or with downward food current, the Human kingdom
with predominant Rajas, given to Karma, mistaking misery for
happiness.
_C. -- Prakrita- Vaikrita._
X. The Kumaras. The Kumara creation is partly Prakrita and partly
Vaikrita.