Jain Journal 2013 07

Author(s): Satyaranjan Banerjee
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

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Dr. Anindita Mitra :A Comparative Study of Jain Taxonomy Zoological Taxonomy
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Canonically, the mobile beings are defined as those which have slow or fast translocational movements for food and shelter, experience of pain, pleasure, fear etc. and activity toward self protection from 15 types of pains ?. They contain a minimum of two senses. They may have mind or brain also. The karma theory presumes they are born in this destiny due to mobile physique making karma irrespective of their movements or organs. They may also be defined on the basis of their birth types. They may be reproducing sexually or asexually. They have a different mode of growth and they depend on others for their food. They reside in the mobile tunnel of the universe Comparative study of Jaina taxonomy and zoological taxonomy. The Jaina Tattvārtha Sūtra (T.S.) classifies the living beings on three important bases. 1. Evolution of sense organs : The T.S". classifies the living beings on the basis of evolution of cognitive senses and sense organs. It is worthy to note that the senses of the living beings mentioned in T.S. seem to be physical only and they may represent a pre-microscopic age description. The T.S "2. mentions five classes of single sensed or non-mobile beings and one class each of 2,3,4 and five sensed beings, mentioning one representative of each class. It is clear that in T.S. sense based description represents eye perceptible senses which are conflicting to biologically and microscopically observed senses. Though it is said that every living being may possess all the senses psychically but they do not perform their function as they lack physical sense organ. However Panca Sangraha 1.6913. indicates that one sensed plants to perform the functions of all the senses with their one sense. This is in tune with the researches of J.C. Bose and Haldane. There is one super-attainment of sensibility of all senses through one sense. It leads to the fact that whatever be the number of eye-perceptible senses, all the psychical senses could be there in the living. The work of above scientists supports the cellular theory of the living which has sensibility in all types of living beings except the earth,