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10. Death of a fool
11. Death of a fool
(ii) Death of Prudent 13. Unreserved renunciated
death by lying steadfast like a tree
12. Death of Prudent 13. As under col. 1
11. Death of a prudent 12. Unserved renunciated
death by lying steadfast
like a tree 13. As in column 1
14. As in column 1
14. By rejecting gradual
food intake
15. As in column 2
16. As in column 2
14. Self-served renunciated
death 15. Death of prudent-cum
fool 16. Non-omniscient death 17. Omniscient death
17. As in column 2
Whatever may be the cause or type of death, the canons suggest a devotional, religious and pious mind at the time of death for better rebirth. The canons do not mention any method by which life span could be increased except that religious and merited activities could mutate things for the better. Dhavală says that a person could destinate himself either at the last one-third of current life span or in the last 48 minutes of his current life . The medical science is groping deep into the science of ageing and trying to increase the lifespan as much as possible. Keeping at lower temperature", under eating by 10%°, reducing neurological defects, supplementation of essential chemicals and bio-chemicals, implantation and transplantation of body parts and creating psychologically satisfying conditions and purer environment are some of the methods used today". This has resulted in increasing the average life span of Indians from 27 tó 57 yrs. after independence. The deterministic karmic theory of the Jainas has taken a dynamic form in physical sense even in twentieth century. The medical science is moving the way to attain immortality in this visible world because it has learnt about the immortality of primary basic cell of life. The After Life
The Jaina canons point out the existence of four destinities for the living beings--- human, sub-human, infernal and celestial. It is presumed that every living being is reborn in any one of these after his
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