Jain Biology

Author(s): Jethalal S Zaveri, Mahendramuni
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati

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These organisms are produced in the air whenever a wind of some kind or other is created, naturally or artificially. One type of wind kills the organisms produced in another kind of wind. Thus gross and fully developed organisms are of five kinds : gusty wind (squalls), whirlwinds, thick, high and low winds and the samvartaka wind, i.e., hurricanes, typhoons etc. thus they are of many varieties.
The maximum duration of the life of air-bodied organisms is three thousands years, minimum being less than 48 minutes.
(C) MOBILE ORGANISMS WITH ORGANIC BODIES
These are of four kinds:
(a) organisms which possess two sense-organs (b) organisms which possess three sense-organs (c) organisms which possess four sense-organs
(d) organisms which possess five sense-organs
(a) Earthworms and other types of worms, shells, conches, cowries, leeches and many other kinds of organisms with two senseorgans. The maximum duration of the life of these organisms is twelve years, the minimum being less than 48 minutes (antarmuhūrta).
(b) Kunthu,' different kinds of ants and bugs, white ants, centipedes, cochineal and many other kinds of organisms with three senseorgans. The maximum duration of their life is 49 days.
(c) Different kinds of flies and mosquitoes, bees, moths, scorpions, crickets and many other types of organisms with four senseorgans. The maximum span of life for these organisms is six months.
(d) Organisms with all the five sense-organs are of four kinds:
(1) Denizens of hell: They are of seven kinds according to the seven
1. A very tiny insect with a body which is hardly 0.1 mm in size, but is visible. Kunthus are sometime found in old books. Their colour is exactly the same as that of the paper.
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