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and work of Mahāvīra, his relationship to his disciples and contemporaries, and his whole personality. (History of Indian Literature, Vol-II, 1933, pp. 442-43).
Such being the contents of the Bhagavatí it is quite in the fitness of things that Samani Chaitanya Pragya has found many aspects of scientific outlook in the Bhagavaii-sūtra to prove how Mahāvīra was endowed with the gift of science to explain certain things of the world. Samani Chaitanya Pragya las delineated all these scientific aspects in seven chapters including conclusions. She has discussed the model of the Universe (ch.II), Space and Time (ch. III), the Theory of Pudgala (ch IV), the Theory of Atom (ch. V) and the Biological Issues (ch VI) in a very distinct way. The format of Bibliography is well- executed.
In conclusion, I can say that this treatise is a welcome addition to our knowledge to the subject. I believe that the world of Jainism will be enriched by a perusal of this scientific book.
Satya Ranjan Banerjee
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