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Jainism, Quantum Physics and Evolving Spiritualism Quantum Fields. Accoding to Jain Agams 'Parmanu'or an atom is equal to one Pradesha and all other dravya are made of finite or infinite number of Pradesha. In other words the smallest unit of matter including energy is one Parmanu' or one Pradesha'. All substances are integral multiple of this unit. This quantum nature of matter which was so obvious to Bhagvan Mahavir, proved to be a very big challenge to Noble Laureates like Einstein, Heisenberg,and Schrodinger and many others. They were at loss to explain how particles behave wavelike simultaneously.
According to science atoms do not remain located at some particular place in space. Rather at any given time itsmere existence is like a probability of where it could be. But science must observe it, in order to prove its existence. This means a very large numbers of observations have to be made to see the atom at a place because most of the time it is not there. Therefore scientists describe wave function or minimum space volume within which the atom is likely to be present. Lord Mahavir designates this volume as one Akas Pradesh.
Jain Agams contain several revolutionary scientific concepts, principles and postulates which are briefly listed in this article. The readers can find their details in the book Jain Agams me Vigyan co-authored with Jain SadhaviDrSaritaji. References
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Zavery, 1992. 5. Tatwartha Sutra, 29/5 6. Uttaradhyayan Sutra, 6/28 7. Tatwartha Sutra, 12/5 8. Uttaradhyayan Sutra7/28 9. Uttaradhyayan Sutra2/36 10. Sthanang Sutra10/6,8,10 11. AcharyDevendra Muni, Jain DarshanSwarup Aur Vislation, 1975, page 134
12. Achary Mahapracgya, jainDarshan- Manan and Mimansa, fifth edition
13. Uttaradhyayan Sutra, 9/28 14. Tatwartha Sutra 1775 15. Jain Darshan , Manan&Mimansa, Acharya Mahapragya 16. Uttaradhyayan Sutra, 10/28 17. Tatwartha Sutra, 22/5 18. Bhagwati Sutra, 25/4/374 19. Tatwartha Sutra, 9/28 20. Sthanang Sutra, 4/3/334 21. Uttaradhyayan Sutra, 3/7
