Jaina Biology

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

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Jaipa Biology
Chattoha (Chatrangha -- Pterospermum Suberifolium), Sirisa (Širisa - Mimosa sirisa ), Sattavanna or Sattivanna (Saptaparna, Alstonia Scholaris, Seven-leaved tree ), Dahivanna ( Dadhiparna, a kind of manyseeded plant), Loddha (Symplocos Racemosa ), Dhava (Anogeissus Latifolia ), Candana (Sandal tree - Santalum Album ), Ajjuna, Arjuna - the Terminalia Arjuna ), Niva (Nipa ), (Nauclea Kadamba, or Anthocephalus Cadamba ) Kuduga or Kudaya (Kutuja, Hotarrhena antidysenteriea or a kind of tree ), Kalamba or Kayamba (Convolvulus repens or Nauclea Cadamba ) and besides others like them.33
Their roots, bulbs, stems, barks, branches and twigs are asa mkhyātajivikā ( the habitat of innumerable bacteria ); their leaves are pratyekajivikā (i. e. each leaf is inhabited by single bacterius; their flowers are inhabited by many bacteria and their fruits are many--seeded. For this reason they are called Bahubījaka.34
Gucchas (Shrubby Plants )
There are stated to be many kinds of Gucchas, such as, Vāimgani (Vrntaki -- brinjal ),35 Sallai ( Sallakı, Boswellia serrata ), Bodai ( Potaki?, a species of plant), Kacchurí (Kaccharā- cow hedge plant, Mucuna pruriens), Jūsumanā (a species of shrubby plant), Rūbi (Rübu - the castor oil plant, Ricinus communis ), Ādhai (Tuber, Cajanus indicus ), Nili (Indigofera tinctoria ), Tulsi (Ocimum sanctun ), Māulimgi (citrus medica, Katthumbhari ( species of shrubby plant ), Pippaliya (piper longum ), Atasi (linseed, Linum Ultissimum ), Billi (or Billa, Asa Foetida ?), Kāyamai (Kākamācī, Solanum nigrum), cuccu (Chunch, a kind of vegetable plant), Padola (Patola, Trichisanthus cucumerina or Trichosanthes Dioeca ), Kamdali (Crinum diffusum ), Bāuccā (Bākuci, Psoralia corylifolia), Vatthula (a fibrous green plant ), Badara ( Bora, Zyziphus jujuba ), Pattaura (Pattura Amaranthus Paniculatus or Achyranthes Triandra ), Siyauraya ( Setura ?, Mulberries - Morus Indica ), Javasaya ( the China rose plant or Hibiscus plant or Hibicus rosa pinensis), Niggumdi (Nirgundi, Vitex negundo), Akka (Arka, the plant calotripis Gigantea ), Tuvari (Cajanus Sativa ), Adbai (Cajanus Indicus ), Talada ( Talakota, a shrubby plant), Saņa ( Sāņa, Crotalaria Juneda ), Vāņā (Vānira ?, Salix tetrasperma ?), Kāsā (Sachharum spontaneum ), Maddaga ( a kind of shrubby plant ), Agaghädaga (a kind of shrubby plant), Sāma 33. Bhagavati Sūtra, 22.3.692; Jivābhigama Sutta, pp. 45-46; Pannavană Sutta, I. 41,
p. 17. 31. Bhagavati Sūtra, 8.3.324; Jivābhigama Sutta, p. 45; Pannavaņā Sutta, I. 1.41,
pp. 17-18. 35. Bhagavali Sutra, 24.4.692.