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352 1: Scientific Contents in Prākṛta Canons
Table 5: Music Septat by Jainas.
Sources
Name
1. Six organ derived
2. Bull
type
3. Smelling/ Gandhara
4. Medium
5. Fifth
6. Sixth/
Dhaivata
7. Abori
ginal
Living Sources
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Cock
Swan
Sheep
Drum
special
COW
mouthed
instrument
conch
cymbal
Cuckoo Godhika
crane Tymbal
Elephant Large
drum
Nature
fortunate
prosper
Ous
Dutiful,
intelligent
happy
king and
leader
Low
qualities
sinners
Point of
. Origin
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front
tongue
chest
Throat
middle of
tongue
nose
Qualities
head
Eight qualities
in many
forms
Defects
Six
teeth & lips
The development of acoustics has led to the progress of civilisation of 20th century. The transformation and retransformation of sound in various forms of energies has led us to loudspeakers, radios, telephones and the like. These recent phenomena do not find mention in canons. One is also unable to trace the property of sound-proofness which has come to be a modern necessity. There is mention of conducting mediums in canons. Little mention of absorbing or non-conducting mediums is there.
Conclusion
The above descriptions indicate the canonical contents about many aspects of sound are supported by many observational and logical base. They contain sufficient factual truth but there seems to be sufficient gap in the way of explaining them. It is seen that scientists have added many newer aspects about sound over the canons. Their explanations also seem to be more realistic and intelligible in many cases. These contents represent in most part the Newtonian concepts though deve
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