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THE JAINA GAZETTE
Although as a general rule an egg does not develop unless fertilized by a spermatozoon, this is by no means always the case and many instances are known of Parthenogenesis or development of unfertilized eggs."
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In certain insects of the rotifera class the male insect has not been so far detected. The females of this class lay eggs in favourable season which develop without fertilization. This we can consider to be the nearest approach to Sammurchhan. The present conception of Sammurchhan appears to be erroneous and the general rule indicating all the lower animals to be sexless fails to withstand the acid test of experiment. In some organisms like amoeba the reproduction takes place by multiple fission of the body. Such cases can be included in Sammurchhan' The learned adepts are invited to contribute their views on the subject.
VICTORIA COLLEGE
GWALIOR
G. R. JAIN, Professor of Physics.
THE JAINA DOCTRINE OF SOUL.
BY
Harisatya Bhattacharyya, M.A., B.L.
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HE Jainas point out that if the soul be essentially unconscious, knowledge would not be possible in it. The sky is unconscious; so that if it is impossible for the sky to know anything, how can knowledge be possible in the essentially unconscious soul? The Naiyayikas contend that although the soul is essentially unconscious, knowledge is possible for it, as consciousness is 'intimately' related to it; but the sky is absolutely unconscious and knowledge is never possible in it. But the question is, the soul and the sky are both essentially unconscious; yet, how is it that consciousness becomes 'intimately' connected with the former and never with the latter? This rather proves that consciousness forms the nature of the soul. The Nyaya thinkers here point out that the soul is possessed of 'soul-hood'; this 'soul-hood' is established Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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