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Section Four
Biology
Modern Biology deals with the two most important class of living beings the plant kingdom, the least developed one and the animal kingdom with gradually developing consciousness. It has developed during the few centuries. However, the biological contents in Jaina canons are quite old. They have also primarily classified them in two classes, later sub-classifying in many types on physical and spiritual bases. This chapter presents a comparative study of Biology in the context of Jaina Canons and Modern Biology.
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This section contains four chapters:
(i) Defintion of Living
(ii) Classification and Life-cycles of the Living
(iii) Plant Kingdom and
(iv) Animal Kingdom.
This section covers the canonical as well as current postulates and descriptions. It also deals with the staticism and dynamism in growth fronts of knowledge in these fields.
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