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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The World of life: Plants
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is Andropogon acicubilus ), Kamdāvelu ( a kind of knotty plant ), Kallāna ( a kind of knotty plant ), and others like them.40
Trnas (grasses ) :
Trņas (grasses) are of many kinds, such as, Sediya (a kind of grass - Cassia Jona ), Bhattiya (a kind of grass ), Hottiya (a kind of grass ), Darbha (a kind of grass - Eragrostis cynosuroides), Kusa ( Kusa grass - Poa cynosuroides), Pavvana (a species of pot-herb ), Podailā ( Pharagmites Karka or a species of reed-Saccharum Spontanum ), Ajjuna (Arjuna - a kind of grass, Tețmanalia tomentosa ?), Asādhaka ( a kind of grass ), Rohiyamsa ( a kind of grass, Cymbopogon Schoenathus ), Suya ( Sūsā ?, Cassia orientalis ), Veya ( Calamus Rotang?), Khira (a kind of grass ), Tusa (Termanalia Bellerica ), Eranda (Ricinus communis ), Kuruvinda (Cyperus rotundus Linn, nut grass ), Kakkha da Suntha (a kind of grass), Vibhangu, (a kind of grass ), Mahurataņa ( a kind of grass ), Lunaya (Portulacaca oleraces lim ), Sippiya (a kind of grass), Sumkalitrna41 (a kind of grass), and others like them.
VALAYAS (palms ) :
There are many kind of Valayas, such as, Tāla (Palmyra tree ), Tamäla ( Tamāla tree, Cinnamomum Tamāla ), Takkali (Pictorius or Premna integrifolia or Pigmenta acris ), Teyali (Tetali = a species of palm ), Sāra (a kind of Palm ), Sārakallāna ( a kied of Palma ), Sarala (a species of pine, Pinus longifoila ), Jāvati (a kind of Palma ), Keyai ( Pandanus odoratissimus ), Dhammarukkha or Cammarukkha (a kind of Palm or the Parchment tree ). Bhūyarukkha (Bhurjavęksa ?), Betula utilis, a kind of Palm ), Hingurukkha (Ferula alliacea, Asafoetida ), Layangarukkha ( Lavanga tree, Caryophyllus aromaticus, the clove tree ), Pūyaphali (Pūgaphali, the areca nut tree, Araca catechu, Betel nut palm ), Khajjuri (the date tree, Date Palm, Phoenix Sylvestris ), Nälieri (Cocoanut tree ),42 and besides others like them.
HARIYA43 ( Harita, Herbs ) :
There are many kinds of herbs, such as, Ajjoruha (Divya uşadhi, a kind of herb ), Vodāna (a kind of herb ), Haritaga (a kind of green herb ), Tandulejjaga ( Tanduliyaka, Amarantus Polygamous ), Tana (any 40. Ibid., 1. 6, p. 19. 41. Pannavaņā Sutta, 1, 47, p. 20; Bhagavati Sūtra, 21.6.691. 42. Bhagavati Sūtra, 8.3.324; 21.6.691; 22.1.692. 43. Pannavaņā, 1.48, p. 20. J. B.-11