Scientific Contents in Prakrta Canons

Author(s): N L Jain
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith

Page 595

Longings of pregnant women,
543
Luminous body, 216
M
Madhyamika, 142 Magadhan, 256
Magnetisation, 358
Magnetism, 62, 357
Magnitude and size of canons,
54
Mahā-pratyākhyāna, 53
Mahakalpa, 48
Mahāniṣitha, 35, 62
Mahāpundarika, 48
Mahārāṣtri, 67
Mahāvira, 137
Malvania, D., 34
Mammalians, 430
Mammals, 407, 430, 433, 483,
484, 542
Manaḥ-paryaya, 135
Marana-samādhi, 53
Mastered/Synthetic medicines,
529
Maternal contribution, 542
Mathematics, 86, 63
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worldly, 63
Mathura council, 249
Mati, 135
super-worldly, 86
Mattergic, 498
Mattergy, 122, 154, 155, 156, 158, 172, 176
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23 classes of, 182
3 classes of, 181
Word Index : 573
4 classes of, 182 530 classes of, 185 6 classes of, 182 classification of, 179 definitions of, 157 functions of, 179
- general properties of, 161 one or two varieties of, 180
special attributes of, 161
Mārgaṇās, 124, 126, 132 Māyāgata, 50
Measurable materials, 248 dharimā (weightable) ganima (countable) meya (measurable) paricchedya (estimat
able)
Measure of length,
Measurement units,
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avamāna, 263
canonical liquid mea
sures, 262
current units, 268
kalingan, 256
liquid, 262
magadhan, 256
māna and avamāna, 256 numeration/countable,
266
of weight and volumes, 255
unmāna/pratimāna, 263 Volume measures, 263