Biology in Jaina Treatise on Reals

SR No.: 001656
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: N L Jain
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith
Publication Year: 1999
Total Pages: 210
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Religion, & Biology
File Size: 13 MB

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Biology in Jaina Treatise on Reals
Fire bodied
Plant bodied
(a) general plants
(b) individual plants
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(different categories)
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The variance of total from the maximum in some cases indicates that there may be many new additions and eliminations. Jain has analysed this data in many of his articles.
The next aphorism classifies the mobile beings:
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Dvindriyādayah Trasah
2.14
The mobile beings are those living ones which have senses beginning from two onwards (i.e. upto five). It means that there are four kinds of mobiles beings- 2, 3, 4 and 5-sensed ones.
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The word 'adi' (beginning from) has many meanings in terms of arrangment or order, kind, vicinity etc. However, the meaning of order is intended herer. This order is mentioned in the scriptures in the form that the mobile beings are two-sensed, three-sensed, four-sensed and five-sensed. Thus, the mobile beings have senses beginning from two and onwards. The first term in the aphorism here, represents a specific structure with attributive-cumsubstantive (Bahubrihi) compound.
2.Q. It is contended that the specific compound structure of this aphorism indicates that the mention of two-sense here is just implied and not primary. Thus, the mobiles will be those having higher senses more than two and not beginning from two. It could be illustrated by the usage of 'there are fields from mountain onwards'. Here, the mountain is not included because of the word 'fields'.
3. A. This is not correct. The two-sensed are included here because of the use of specific compound where quality is also involved in the substance. It can be illustrated by the sentence, 'Bring the man with white clothes'. Here the 'white clothes' are included with the man to be brought. Similarly, the twosensed ones are also included here as both have the same specific compound structure.
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Alternatively, during a compound structure, the constituent always involves the constitute. Thus, the implied two-sensed term is also included in the mobile beings. It is similar to the fact that the word 'all' is included in the meaning of 'sarvādih' (beginning with all).
Q. How, then, the mountain is excluded from the meaning of the term 'fields beginning from mountain' as in 2.14.2?
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The mountain cannot be a field. Hence, it is naturally excluded.
Thus, the 2-sensed, 3-sensed, 4-sensed and 5-sensed are the four types of mobile beings.
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