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The eye of anekanta or that of equanimity and neutrality has not yet opened. The reason is that philosophers have turned away from the search. They have forgotten the methodology of the search. Nowadays there are discoveries made everyday. They are engrossed in research. Science has presented many subtle truths before us. It has helped express many unmanifested modes. Some beliefs that fell into the category of superstitions just a few years ago are now proven scientific facts.
The peak of numbers: shirshaprahelika
In the Jain agamas the computation of very high numbers has been explained. The name for that is shirshaprahelika. In that context, today's numbers seem very small. If to one number, two hundred and forty zeroes are added then we arrive at that figure. This is an outstanding number. When science went into the subtle details of mathematics, then shirshaprahelika was proved and was valued as a great find.
Sound is science's great gain
In the Jain agamas there is the example of a bell.
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