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AGAM & SCIENCE / 127
We have gazed the stars of our galaxy and amazed by their twinkling. They appear small and stationary due to the astronomical distances. In fact, they are mammoth in size, even many times bigger than our sun, and revolve at a tremendous speed. This revolution baffled the astronomers as mathematically they must be balanced around a centre with an extremely powerful gravitational pull. For, several years, such a centre eluded its presence from the eyes of most penetrating telescopes till the scientists at Max Plank Institute, Germany discovered highly dense concentration of dark cosmic dust. Such areas were totally dark and were named Black Holes by the American scientist John Wheeler in 1969. Lot of interesting findings are pouring in since last 30-40 years of incessant efforts by the astrophysicists across the globe, but the enigma is far from being resolved. Two names, Tamaskaya and Krishna-rajji, found in Jain canonical texts designate such celestial bodies whose characteristics have resemblances with the concept of Black-hole. It makes for a good comparative study.
2.1. Krishna-rajji
According to the Jain Agam, Bhagwati-Sutra, a group of rocks situated at the far end of the universe have two triangular, two hexagonal and four rectangular shapes arranged in geometry as shown below. These rocks are stark black and their dark shadow spreads over the entire square space in which they are situated. This arrangement looks like a boxing rink and they form such an intricate network of passages and maze of cavities that it is difficult to come out of this labyrinth. Krishna-rajji manifests tremendous force of attraction, which is instrumental in the formation of Tamaskaya.
KISHA RAUMA
North Werde
Triangular
8. Suprathishtabh
Rectangular
1 Arche
7 Shakath
RIL
Viest Wands
6 Surabh
Hexagona
2 Archman
Hexagona
East Wards
3 Verochan
Rectangular 5 Chanohahh
4 Prabhankar
Triangular
South Wards
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