It took many years for mankind to invent fire and it took many 10000s of years t

o invent wheel and so on.

If Ancient Hindus can calculate total number species on earth what kind of resea
rch and advanced scientific equipments and technically advanced system they must
have had ? Even Hindus calculated the number of species from which Human Body e
volved,
THIS IS MIND BOGGLING even to think. What is the age of Hinduism even with the s
ame logic of modern Historians ?.
Modern Christianity based Science wont agree what i said above . SO let me provi
de some info about my claim. Remember if a veda was written 5000 bc ago the know
ledge in that vedas are even older than the writter itself.
These are the knowledge passed on to many generations. Modern day biologists hav
e claimed to list around 1.3 million species of life on earth.
They agree that this is a small number and still many species are yet to be disc
overed, named and listed.
Everyday, about 15000 new species are being discovered and they estimate that ea
rth may be habitating between 8 to 8.7 million species with life.
Padama Purana (written around 5000 years ago in Ancient India by Veda Vyas) stat
es that Earth has 8.4 million different species with life.
But this number could be reduced today as many species have become extinct and p
opulation among other species (mostly humans) have increased.
Just as Bhagavadgita says (in chapter 2.22) that just as one gives up an old shi
rt to put on a new one, the soul gives up an old body to acquire a new kind of a
body (vasamsi jirnani yatha vihaya).
All the shapes, sizes of these species (including humans) will be decided by Man
u (the one who rules creation for a certain time period).
In present Sweta Varaha Kalpa, 7th is Vaivasvat Manu, who designed our body stru
ctures. In another manvantara, humans and animals may look different.
A soul can take birth in any form of life out of the 8.4 million and many might
have attained human form, which is stated as the ultimate one on earth.
Classification of Species on Earth Padama Purana also mentions about different c
lassifications among these 8.4 million species with life on earth :
jalaja nava lakshani, sthavara laksha-vimshati, krimayo rudra-sankhyakah, pakshi
nam dasha-lakshanam, trinshal-lakshani pashavah, chatur lakshani manavah Jalaja
(Water based)
0.9 million
Sthaavara (immobile, like plants & trees)
Krimaayo (Reptiles)
Pakshinaam (Birds)

2.0 million

1.1 million
1.0 million

Paashavah (terrestrial animals)

3.0 million

Maanavah (human-like animals, including human species)

of species with life are 8.4 million.

0.4 million Total number

Modern day scientists have not been able to discover even 16% of what ancient se
ers knew.
Kannada dasara pada of more than 500 years old says :
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Translation : Our human body evolved out of 8.4 million species.