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The subject of Biology has been dealt with in great details in the following Jain scriptures :
(i) Prajñāpanā Sutra, Chapter 1 (ii) Uttarādhyayana Sūtra, Chapter 36 (iii) Jīvājīvābhigama Sūtra, Chapter 1 (iv) Sutrakrtānga Sūtra, part II, Chapter 3
PRAJNĀPANĀ SŪTRA
The sequence in this scripture as well as that in Uttrādhyayana is very much similar to one another. In both scriptures, the first few sūtras deal with inanimate objects. The subject of living organisms is dealt with in sutras 10 to 41 as under: Subject
Sūtra No. (1) Siddhātmās (Pure & Perfect Souls)
11
(2) Samsārī or Mundane Beings
12 to 41
(i) Five types of one-sensed organs
13 to 24
(a) Earth-bodied organisms '(b) Water-bodied organisms (c) Fire-bodied organisms
(d) Air-bodied organisms
(e) Plants
18 to 24
1. with individual bodies
19
2. with common bodies
20 to 24
(ii) Two-sensed organisms
(iii) Three-sensed organisms
(iv) Four-sensed organisms
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