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Biology in Jaina Treatise on Reals
selected for the first stage of this work because of their overall physical contents.
(v) The physical and contental details of the second chapter have already been given earlier dealing with different topics related with the living. Many of the traditionally accepted concepts elaborated in the text and its commentary seem to have gone historical after the successful advent of Relativity theory and Indeterminacy principle.
(vi) It is seen that the concepts about the birth types, sexes, physical senses, birth places and the like have made high jumps in this scientific age. Even the concept of general and applied consciousness is being subjected to physical testing. Thus, we find that the textual concepts of the Jainas as stated in Rājavārtika stand little behind the current scientific knowledge and require some tuning
(vii) Despite the current position of Jaina concepts as in (vi) above, in the field of biological sciences, they stand comparatively much better in contrast with the contemporary Vaišeșika and Mimansaka philosophy. The comparative treatment of Pt. Sukhlalji should be referred to in this connection.
(viii) This project enables the general and scholarly reader to learn about many Jaina concepts in the field of biological sciences with which he has generally not been familiar. This work, thus, fills a gap of historical importance and encourages further studies in proper perspective.
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