Tulsi Prajna 2000 04

SR No.: 524603
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Shanta Jain, Jagatram Bhattacharya
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 2000
Total Pages: 152
Language: Hindi
Classification: Magazine, India_Tulsi Prajna, & India
File Size: 7 MB

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part of universal mechanics. He was the first to derive the laws of motion in the universe by framing differential equations and integrating them in form of geometry of paths and vice versa. The lifelong study by Kepler of the geometrical paths of the heavenly bodies gave a key to Newton to open the lock of the universal law of gravitation. Similarly Einstein took the help from the Riemannian, non-Riemannian and Minkowskian geometries. His logic about the existence of an invariant, led him to the group-theoretic approach in his theory of relativity and ultimately to the unifield field theory, though he was successful in part.
In the Jaina school, the philosophical path is approached through two ends. One is through the first eleven angas, and then through the twelfth anga which contains set theoretic approach par excellence.
Even if one concentrates on the theories in astronomy, in India and abroad, we come across with two types of theories, one of which is principle theoretic and the other is construction theoretic. The Jaina theory is principle theoretic and the rest are construction theoretic. Einstein3 opined about the principle theory that it employs analytic method. Its basic elements are not constructed hypothetically in the beginning. It is rather empirically discovered. The basic concepts and principles in such a theory form general characteristic of natural processes, Such a theory gives rise to mathematically formulated criteria. The criteria is required to be satisfied by separate processes or its theoretic representations. This leads the theory to logical perfection and to secure foundation. And if it fails due to inconsistency, the whole structure is to be remodelled. Then it should be supported by experience and it should be logically reconcilable. The principle theory is illustrated in the theory of relativity and in the theory of karma in the Jaina school, elaborated in the commentaries and relevant texts on the Kaṣaya Prabhṛta of Guṇadhara and the Ṣaṭkhanḍāgama of Puspadanta and Bhutabali preceptors, compiled in the South India in the tradition of Acharya Bhadrabahu and his disciple, the initiated emperor, Candragupra Maurya.
According to Einstein, the construction theory follows the synthetic method. Attempts are made to find out a simple and formal scheme to construct a representation of a more complex phenomena. If there is success in obtaining an understanding a group of natural phenomena, it means that the process has been covered through the constructive theory. The theory is regarded as complete, adaptable and clear, and it could be remodelled without wiping out the whole structure. The kinetic theory of gases is an example.
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