Is Jain Geography Astronomy True

Author(s): Nandighoshsuri, Jivraj Jain
Publisher: Research Institute of Scientific Secrets from Indian Oriental Scripture

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શું જૈન ભૂગોળ-ખગોળ સાચી છે?
theorisation, thus coming nearer to empirical approach.
You are desciplined in scientific approach and at the same, are well-aqwaiinted with Jaina canonical data, you can do justice to both Science and religion are not rivals, but complimentary to one another. Scholars like you can do much in Ithis direction
Now about your proposal of statis
method' segarding presentation the concept of Loka in Jain literature. We have to accept that sm type maps
are used in old Jaina books, and that sm His more useful in presenting vast data | And accepting sm, we can reduce the
inconsistency in Jaing description of Loka and that of science
One point should be noted. We cannot say that the drawings in old mss. are exact as envisaged by seers', who described Loka in the first place. The Imaps are drawn by local artists and are comparatively later creations. We should prepare new sm drawings scientifically, based on the data in Ithe scriptures It I will suggest you prepare altogether new maps, adhering to scientific desci
pline and put into print along with your 1. observation's.
4pq. Bhuvay chandoa. .