Gyandhara

SR No.: 004539
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Gunvant Barvalia
Publisher: Saurashtra Kesari Pranguru Jain Philosophical and Literary Research Centre
Total Pages: 334
Language: Gujarati, Hindi, English
Classification: Book_Gujarati & Spiritual
File Size: 13 MB

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Mahabhoota five elements namely earth, water, fire, air and sky/space). Charvakins had restricted themselves to strictly what is cognized by sense organs and deducted or proved only and as such to 4 or 5 Elements (with sky left out in 4). Samkhya explains the scheme of cosmos in terms of Prakriti (material things) and Purusa's (souls). Early Western thinkers had also similar view of elements. Water was taken as starting point by Greek philosopher. The advancement was much earlier comparatively in India as Nyayikas explored Anu Dvyanuka & Anu Tryanuka i.e. compounds of two atoms and three atoms also. Jain Sastras (sacred volumes) millenniums ahead had gone further and had aptly explained surmounting facets of Indian ontology with Sad Dravya six substances as the starting base. One of this is Pudgala (matter), above five Mahabhootas being part and parcel of it. Now this Pudgala is divisible and even anu (atom) is only visible when it is formed as Skandha (compound) stack of more than one Anu. As such, it becomes visible to naked eye when compounded otherwise it being beyond normal sensory perception. Now Anu is further divisible and it is in Parmanu (sub-atom) form. Modern science considered Atom as the last unit until early in the 20th century. Thus it was so till around 1910/ 20 that atom was split with findings of its break up too^. As is evident this knowledge descended on Jain families millenniums back and was known to a Jain child in 20th century or rather much earlier. It was only when Einstein succeeded in breaking this barrier and atom bomb emerged. World became aware of it. Quite interestingly Jainism had this very knowledge as the the world view as Pudgala and that too in meticulous details. Paramanu is the micro units of Pudagala (=matter) and
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