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
do pot move from place to place like sponges and corals of modern Biology.43 So it is a thought-provoking idea to note that the Jain view of movement of beings is well supported by modern Biology to a considerable extent.
Irritability : 44
Living beings are irritable, they respond to stimuli45 - physical or chemical changes in their immediate surroundings. Stimuli which are effective in evoking a response in most animals and plants are changes in colour, 46 itensity47 or direction of light, 48 changes in temperature 49 pressure or sound, 50 touch51 and changes in the chemical composition of earth, water, or air surrounding the organism.
In Jaina Biology it is started that the five sense-organs are endowed with infinite points (ananta pradesikas), i. e. infinite cells, and innumerable extension (asasmkheya pradeśāvagādhas),52 sensation or irritation in human brain is caused by the stimuli of the five sense-objects (indriya-visaya )53 received from outside, when the sense-organs come into contact with them directly or indirectly. So it is explained that the ear hears the touch and entered sounds into it, the eyes see the untouched ( aputtha ) and unentered (appavittha) sense-objects (i. e. the images of the sense-objects perceived by the eyes reflect on the 43. Biology, p. 18. 44. Bhagavati Sūtra, 3.9.170; 2.1.99; Pannavanā, Indriyapadam 15. putthadára, etc.;
Jīvābhigama, Jyotiska Uddesaka; Tarkarahasyadipikā (Jain matam), V. 59, Tikā by Gunaratna. “Lajjalūprabhrtināṁ ha stādisamsparśa' patrasamkocadika parisphuţakriyopalabh
yate 1 ", Ibid,, (Tarkarahasyadipikā ), V. 59 (Tika). 46. “aputthāim rūväim pasati”, Bhgavati, 2.4.4.99.
Paņņavana, Imdriyapadam I, Putthadāram, Sūtra 990.
"apavitthāim tūvaim pasati”, Pannavanā, Ibid., Sūtra 19. 47. Bhagavati, 2.4.99; Pannuyanā, Indriyapadam, 154, Uddeśaka, Visayadaram,
Sutra 99. 49. For example, Sunflower (Suryamukhi) moves according to the direction of the
light of the Sun. See Biology, C. A. p. 18. 49. Bhagavatî, 2.4.99; Paņņavanā, Indriyapadam, I, Putthadarm, Sūtra, 920
Pavitthadāram Sūtra, 991. 50. Tarkarahasyadipikā, v. 49 “Lajjalüprabhrtīnām hastadisamsparsat-patrasariko
Cadikaparisphuţakriya upalabhyate." 51. "Putthām saddāim suņei...1", Bhagavati Sūtra, 2.4.99; See also Pannavana
Sutia, Indriyapadam, Putthadaram. 52. Bhagavati, 2. 4. 99; Pannavanã, Indriyapada, 1st.
Uddesaka, Suttas, 983-939. 53. Bhagavati, 2. 4. 99; Paņņavanā, Indriyapadam 1st.
Uddešaka, Vişayadāram, Sutta. 992.