Book Title: Jain Philosophy and Modern Science
Author(s): Nagrajmuni
Publisher: Anuvrat Samiti

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________________ EARTHA IYSTERY 193 way, just as the citizens are born and die while the city (or village) remains permanent, in the above mentioned physical entities the atoms are also added and reduced according to the natural rules rhile the substantial bodies remain permanent Some of such natural entities are the solar system such as the sun. the moon, etc. and many other earths (one of which is our earth), and also some ocears and some mountains, resting on them The Jain philosophy has given the above view regarding the creation and the maintenance of the earth, thousands of years ago and it is ahead of all other philosophical and Scientific beliefs However, a question always remains in the vicinity of a conclusion. Nevertheless it seems that a rational man may reach nearer to the truth about the present problem by this way of approach. Origination and Extinction The speculations which are made by archoeological of the earth, which are based on evidences obtained from the chemical processes taking place in mountains, mines and under the surface of the earth, are in some ways identical to those, which are arrived at by the Jain-physics, in terms of "Avasarpim and Utsarpini time-circle Avasarpini and Utsarpini mean two semi-circles of a very large time-wheel of generation and evolution respectively. {Kalachakra). During the half of the timecircle the Utsarpini, all processes on the earth gradually undergo evolution, and during the other half, >

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