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408 : Scientific Contents in Prākrta Canons
1
2
6. Form-1 7. Form-2
Macroscopic/visible Fine/gross, varied shapes 28 x 1012 Neuter
8. Families 9. Sex
hells/celestials ) Visible/invisible Gross only, fixed shapes 81.5 x 1012 Male, Female, Neuter 5-10 upto 5 with/without mind
10. Vitalities 11. Senses
1 (touch )
app. 1 million not found Non-auto-feeding Solid and fluid Not found Fast through specific parts in the body
[B] Scientific 1. Species
5 lacs 2. Cell wall Cellulosic cell wall 3. Nutrition Auto-feeding 4. Nature of food Fluid 5. Chlorophyl Found 6. Irritability Slow 7. Life processes through non-spe-
cific parts of the
body 8. Growth
Continuous throu- gh out life, mostly
vertical 9. Food storage in the form of
starch 10. Energy source Sun 11. Excretion No excretory
organs
S-shaped, lateral
In the form of glycogen Food Excretory organs
Other Classifications of the Living
Dale Rieppe like Khushavanta Singh'has pointed out Lord Mahāvira and his disciples as specialists in enumeration, compartmentalisation or classification. Accordingly, the six-fold canonical classification of living beings has many short and long
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