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bodied lives. That means water can nurture earth, air, plant (all single sensed) as well as two, three, four and five sensed living-beings residing in it. This is in conformity with modern science also. Contents of normal water and the processes to remove them, as given by Jaina science, are scientific and are being recommended by modern science also. See the table given below. Only one thing is to be noted here that the theory of water-bodied living-beings, as given in Jaina canonical books has to be understood properly and then presented to the modern science. (i) Water-bodied living cells (Jala Kayika) -- By Boiling or by
making Dhovana (ii) Insoluble/soluble minerals -- By Filtration plus precipitation
and decantation (iii) Air and Oxygen radicals -- By Boiling (iv) 2 or more sensed mobile living-beings -- By Filtration and
extinguishing them. (v) One sensed Sthavara-beings, algae etc. - by boiling and or
dhovana making. C) Scientific Explanation of the Basic Properties.:The basic 5 attributes of water dravya (matter) as per Jaina philosophy are :- Shape (form), Colors, Taste, Smell and Sparsa (Touch Sense). They are specified in the Jaina canonical literature in the following manner. It is noticed that according to modern science, these properties are mostly functions of its shape, structure and vibrations (electrical, electro-magnetic and mechanical). Each atom (Parmanu), as per Jainism, will have one color, one smell, one taste and two primary sparsas (Touch senses), viz., one from hot and cold (sitala), and one from positive and negative (Ruksa) touch sense. A parmãnu has infinite latent energy. According to science, the first type of sparsa depends on temperature and the other type of sparsa depends on electric charge. It means one atom (parmanu) has to have temperature and electric charge as its basic
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