Jaina Biology

SR No.: 001543
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: J C Sikdar
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Total Pages: 340
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Science, Biology, & Philosophy
File Size: 19 MB

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Jaina Biology
article of soil38; others live parasitically in the blood and tissue fluids of animals39 or plants, e. g. Kuksikrmi 40 or Krmi41, etc.
Animals with two organs of sense (touch-taste ) are of two kinds : subtile and gross. Both are developed or undeveloped.42 They are of many kinds, such as, Krmis ( They arise from putrefying dead bodies (Sava-Suśruta; of Sarire Kiyad velāntaram samutpannānām kļmyādinam kathaṁ caitânyam-Gunaratna, T.R.D. Jainamatam ); from decomposing curd or milk (e. g. Varşāsu ca svedādīnā anatidaviyasaiva Kātena dadhyād yavayavā eva calantah pūtanādi krmirūpa, upalabhyante-Jayanta, Nyāyamañjari, A. 7, Bhūtacaitanya paksa ), pulakimiyā (a kind of worms born in payapradeśa ), Kucchikimi43 (Kuksikrmi born in Kuksi intestine or hypoconaria worm in animal blood or tissue fluids of animals), Neura44 (Nupura = earth worm, Annelid ), Somangala (a species of two-sensed beings ), Alasā (a small poisonous animal ),45 Māivāhaya (Mātrvāhaka ),46 Vāsimubā (Vamģimukhā worms having chisel like mouth curculionidoce ), Sūimuhā (Sūcīmukhā wornis having a needle-like face ), Gojaloyā (a two-sensed being ), Jaloyā46 (Jalaukā, Luches Annelids ), Jalauyā (Jalaukā a kind of leech ), Sippiyā (shells )47, Samkhā (Conchifera, Lamelli-branchiata )48, Samkhanagā (very small, conch-like animals), Ghulla Ghullikä = two-sensed being), Khulla ( a kind of two-sensed being ), Khullā (a kind of two-sensed beings, lāghavaḥ śankhāh small conch-shells, etc.), Varāļā ( Varāțāḥ Kapardakā, a kind of two-sensed beings, courie), Sottiya50 suklikā (pearl-mussels,
38. Ibid 29. Panna vna 1.56. 40. Ibid. 41. Uttara, 36.128 ; T. S. II. 24. 42. Uttara, 36.127. 43. Krmayah Kosthapūrişādivāspasambhaväh-Dalvana ; T. S. II. 24. 44. Núpuraka (Ring-like), with pendan's, Vermes with unsegmented lateral appen
dages, Annelids), comes under the category of Annelids, according to modern Biology. It is true that the earthworm (Neura ) is a terrestrial animal, but
most of the Annelids are marine. 45. Alasā - a small poisonous animal, Petersburg Dictionary, S. V. According to
the Jivavicārā Výtti V. 16, they are earth snakes (bhūnāga ), which originate in the rainy season when the sun is in Aslesha, i. e. ābout the beginning of
July, SBE XLV, p. 219; 2. 2. 46. Mātrivāhaka. According to the description of the Avacūri, the larvae of
phrygamae seem intended. Accordiog to Jivavicãravrtti, they are called Kūdeli
in Gujarati, SBE., XLV. p. 219, fn. 3.. Jocabi. 47. It comes under the category of Angelids. 48. Some form of Mollusca. 49. Samkha belongs to the group of Mollusca, 50. It comes under the category ef Moliusca.