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?
universe . Maps and all are contribution of latex gañadharas' and acharyas. One point must be notedi Arhats necessarily speak truth. If they spoke about the universe, the earth, they might have spoken truth
They might have narrated a globe as globe Earth Is globe. That's final, isn't it? Then why we do not find any allusion as such?
One possibility: They might have satisfied the queries of enquisitive people with general state ments. In latex timest acharyas might have developed this subjec using data got from other sources, and tris to complete the picture. C This is natural. They should be considered scientists' of their times!)
4. Consideving above points, we should laccept that there should be geographical data mixed with in the Loka-related narration
s. They had betove them a model of Bharat Varsha, enacted with details gethered from
travellers. They knew Himalaya ( Himavanta) Ganga Yamuna At some point, all these things were incorporated in the 'model' of wide earth! Then, at some point, this map wassuperimposed on the statistical map. | And the confusion started. I suggest to
consider this point also L 6. You also must consider innumerable
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