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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Animals and their Classification
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viz. Urahparisarpa (those which move on their breast, e.g. snake) and Bhuja parisarpas (those which walk on their atins, e. g. lizards, etc.).43 Both are again of many kinds.44.
Urahparisarpas ;
They are of four kinds, viz, Ahi (snake), Ahigarā (a kind of snake ), Āsāliyā (a kind of reptiles Urahparisarapas) and Mahoragā (a kind of reptiles Urahparisarpas).45
Ahi (Snake ):
Ahi is of two kinds, viz. Davvikarā46 and Maulino.47
Davvikarā is of many kinds such as, Ašvisā, (those having poison in teeth), Ditthivişä (those having poison in vision), Uggavisā (those having deadly serious poison ), Bhagavisā (those having poison is body), Tayāvisā (those having poison in skin ), Hālāvisā (those having poison in saliva) Ussāsavisā (those having poison in inhaling air ), Nissāsavisā (those having poison in exhaling air, ) Kāṇhasappā (Krsnasarpā=black snake - cobra Naja Tripurdians ), Sedaspappā ( a kind of snakes ), Kāodara (a kind of snakes), Dajjhapupphā (Dagdhapuspä, a kind of snakes ), Kolabā (a kind of snakes ), Melimimda (a kind of snakes) and others like them.48
Maulino (Mukulina ) ( Hoodless Snake)
There are many kinds of Maulino, such as, Divväga, Gonāsā, Kasāhīya, Vaiula Cittalino Mamdalino Mālino, Ahi, Ahisalāgā, Padāga and others like them.
Avagara ( Boidae)
It is of one kind only (egāgāra ).49
43. Uttaradhyayana Sūtra 36.81 ; Pannavanā 1.76.; Tattvārthadhigama Sutra 2.34. 44. Uttaradhyayana Sūtra 36.181 45. Pannavaņā 1.77. 46. Darvikaras are mentioned in sufruta - Nāgārjuna (Kalpasthāna, ch. IV) of the
five Darvikaras (Krsna sarpa, Mahakrsna, Padma, Mahapadma, sarkapali - Naja Tripudians, Naja Bangarus are hooded swift in their movement dural in their movement; diural in their habits, bear on their hoods or their bodies the marks of chariot - wheel, ploughs, umbrellas rhombs; or cross-bands, goads, etc.,
PSAH. p. 186 47. Pannavaņā 1.78, 48. Ibid. 1.79. 49. Pannavna 1.80. Ibid. 181