Jaina Biology

SR No.: 269128
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: J C Sikdar
Publisher: ZZ_Anusandhan
Total Pages: 20
Language: English
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Pudhavi ya áū agani ya vāū, tana rukkha biya ya tasā pāņā/Je amdvya je ya jarāuipāna, sarseyayā je resayābhihāņa (l)" etc.... up to "Nidhūya kammaṁ na pavaṁcuyci, akkhakkhae vā sagadam ti bemi"-30.
See SBE XLV, Pt. II, pp. 293, 302, Sätrakrtānga, Book 1, Lecture 7. 8. Bhagavati Satra, 2.1.92, 95; 8.5.328; 11.9.417; 11.22.435. 9. See the Indian Journal of History of Science, Vol. 5, No.1, 1970, Biology in
Ancient and Medieval Indian, Dr. R.N. Kapil, pp. 125-132. 10. Ibid.
11. Biology, p.1. 12. Ibid.
13. Ibid, p.3. 14.
15. Ibid, p.4. 16. Paryāpti (Vital force), Navatattva prakaraṇam, V. 6, p.12; 17. Lokapraksas, Vinayavijayaji, Pt. I, 3rd Sarga, VV. 15 ff. Biology, p.9. 18. Biology, p.9. 19. Ibid. 20. Bhagavati Sätra, 25.5.749
Nigodas are of two kinds, viz. Nigodaka and Nigodajiva (fine and gross nigodas). They are the collections of infinite number of beings, making minute group, having common breathing in and out (respiration), sensefeeling. They, longing for development, continue evolution of life through the successive Jivaparyāyas (modes of beings of soul) and they provide the supply of beings in the place of those who have attained liberation, Thus the universe does not become and will not become empty of living
beings (Bhagavati, 12. 2. 443). 21. Biology, p. 9. 22. Bhagavati Sūtra, 12.2. 443; Taitvārtha Satra, 5.3. (Nityāvasthitānyarūpāņi
ca) 23. Bhagavati Sūtra, 12.2.443. 24. Biology, p. 10.
See A History of Greck Philosophy, Vol.I, II and III, by W. K. C. Guthrie;
Aristotle by Ross. 25. Bhagavati Satra, 7.5.282. 26. Bhagavati Sūtra, 7.7.283. 27. Ibid, 1.7.61.; Tandulaveyālya, 6. p.10. 28. Biology, p. 11.
According to the Bhagavati Sūtra (1. 7. 62), the foetus in the mother's womb remains like an umbrella or the side ribs of human body; the em:
bryo appears to be like a humpbacked mango (ambakhujjae). 29. Bhagavati Sutra, 6. 7. 246; 6. 6.330; 7. 3. 227; 8.3. 324; 8. 5.330:21.2.
691.22.6. 692; 23. 1.993; etc.; Sûtrakrtanga II, 3.