Jaina Biology

Author(s): J C Sikdar
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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In map and other vertebrates elevan organ systems can be distinguished, viz. (1) the circulatory system 124, which transports materials around the body, (2) the respiratory system125, which provides a means for ucсhvasavāyu (i. e. oxygen ?) to enter and nihśvāsavāyu (carbon dioxide ? ) to leave the blood, as explained in modern Biology 126, (3) the digestive system 127, which takes in food, breaks it up chemically into small molecules of nutrients (rasa )128, (4) the excretory system 129, which eliminates the waste products (khala )130 in course of metabolism, (5) the integumentory system 131 which covers and protects the entire body, (6) the skeletal system 132, which supports the body and provides for movement and locomotion, (7) the muscular system 133, which functions with the skeletal system in movement and locomotion, (8) the nerve system 134, which conducts impulses around the body and integrates the activities of the other systems, (9) the sense - organs135, which receive stimuli from the outer world and from various regions of the body, (10) the endrocrine system 136, which is an additional co-ordinator of the body functions, and (11) the reproductive system 137, which provides for the continuation of the species.
124. Sūtrakstānga 11, 2.18; Bhagavati Sūtra 1.7.61; Tandulaveyaliya 2, p. 6, pp. 8, 9. 125. Bhagavati Sūtra, 1.7.61; Paņņavanā, Ucchvāsapadań, 693-724, pp. 184-7;
Navatattvaprakaranam, p. 12; Jivavicāra, pp. 42-44. 126. Biology. p. 54. 127. Bhagavati Sūtra, 1.7.61; Navatattvapta karaṇam, v. 6; Lokaprakāśa, Pt. I, 3rd
Sarga, vv. 15 ff; Gommata sāra (Jiva ). VV. 118-19. 128. “Tatraisāhāraparyāptiryayādāya nijocitam /
Prthakkhalarasatvenāhāram pariņatim nayet/l”, Lokaprakāśa, Pt.1, 3rd Sarga, v.17. “ Yayā saktyä punarbhavi // (18) Rasasrgmāmsamedo asthimajjaśukradidhatunam/
Nayedyatbasambhavam să dehaparyāptirucyate 11", Ibid., v. 19. 120. Bhagavati Sūtra, 1.7.61; Tandulaveyaliya, p. 6; Lokaprakasa, Pt. I, 3rd Sarga,
v. 15. 130. Lokaprakaśa, Pt. I, 3rd Sarga, v. 17; Navatattvaprakaraṇam, v. 6. 131. Sūtrakstānga, Šrutaskandha II, Adhyayana 2, Sūtra 18; Bhagavati Sūtra 1.7.61;
Tandulaveyaliya, pp. 8-9. 132. Ibid. 133. Sūtrakrtānga, Srutaskandha II, Adhyayana 2, Sūtra 18; Bhagavati 1.7.61;
Tandulaveyaliya 2, p. 6. 134. Tandulu Veyaliya, 2, p. 6. 135. Bhagavati Sūtra. 16,1.566; 2.4-99; 3.9.170; Tandula Veyaliya, V. 3, p. 7;
Pann vana, Indriyapadam, 19. 136. Sūtrakstānga, Srutaskandha. II, Adhyayana 2, Sūtra 18 (ṇhāruņi). 137. “Itthie purisassa ya kammakadae jonie ettha ņam me huņavattiyae (va ) Dāmam
samjoge samuppajjai, duhaovi sinehamn Samciņamti, tattha nam jivă itthittae purisattāe napumsagattāe viuttamti /", Sūtrakrtanga, II, 3.56, p. 98.