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474 : Scientific Contents in Prākrta Canons
Table 5 : Three Sensed Beings in Jaina Canons. 1. Kunthu insects
2. Bugs 3. Black ants
4. Red water insects 5. Centipedes
6. Louse 7. Motha
8. Grass-eater insects 9. Wood-eater insects 10. Leaf-eater insects 11. Cotton insects
12. Cucumber insects 13. Maluka
14. Trna-vrataka 15. Patra vontaka
16. Phala vrntaka 17. Flower vontaka
18. Tenduran majika 19. Hillika
20. Jhillika 21. Jhingura (cockroach ) 22. Kingrita 23. Bāhuka
24.Laghuka 25. Subhaga
26. Sauvastika 27. Sukavrnta
28. Indrakāyika 29. Turutumbaka
30.Kusthulavalaka 31. Ralahala
32. Pisuka ( flea ) 33. Satapadika
34. Hasti-sunda 35. Aupāyika
36. Rohinika 37. Utkalika
38. Utkata 39. Indragopa
40. Ass-shaped insect (Uttinga ) 41. Nityika ( dancing insect) 42.Illika ( grain insect ) 43. Ghrta-illika ( butter insect ) 44. Savaya (crab louse ) 45. Go-kita (cow-ear insect ) 46. Gardabhaka ( faecal/dungal
germs ) 47. Dhanyakita ( paddy 48. Gopālaka illika ( rice insects )
insects ) 49. Spider
50. Scorpion 51. Tinduka
52. Uddansana 53, Vija vrntika
54. Satāvari 55. Centipedes, different types Table 6 : Four Sensed Beings in Jaina Canons. 1. Scorpion
2. Cattle bug 3. Spider
4. Drone 5. Flies
6. Mosquitoes
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