Book Title: Jaina Biology
Author(s): J C Sikdar
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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________________ Conclusion 309 Order Coleoptera46 Cucumber - Weevils (Trapusamimjiya), etc. 47 Order Lepidoptera : Butterflies and moths (Kita ).48 Order Siptera Flies (Maksika) mosquitos (masaka) and gnats ( Puttika ).49 Order Hymenoptera ; Ants (pipilikā),50 wasps ( Varata )51 bees (bhramara 52 and gall flies (Daņģa )53 Phylum Mollusca ; Unsegmented, soft-bodied animals, usually covered by a shell, and with a ventral muscular foot. Respiration is by means of gills, protected by a fold of the body wall, e. g. Sankha (conchifera, Lamelli Branchiata ), Suktika (pearl - mussels) Lamelli Branchiata).54 Class Gastropoda i Snails (Sambuka ),55 etc. Phylum Echinoderamata 50 Marine animals which are radially symmetrical as adults, bilaterally symmetrical as larvae. 46. Ibid. 47. Ibid. 48. Uttaradhyayana 36. 146-49; Pannavaná 1. 58. 1. Tattvärthadhigama Sūtra II. 34. 49. Ibid. 50. Pannavaná 1, 95. 1. ; Uttarādhyayana 36. 137-138; TS., II. 24. 51. Uttaradhyayna 36. 146–149 ; Pannavana !. 58. 1. Tattvārthadhigama Sutră II. 34. 52. Ibid. 53. Ibid. 54. Paņņavanā 1. 56 ; Tattvarthadhigama Sūtra II. 24. 55. Ibid. 56. See Pannavana for four-sensed Jalacarajivas. Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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