Scientific Secrets of Jainism

Author(s): Nandighoshvijay
Publisher: Research Institute of Scientific Secrets from Indian Oriental Scriptures Ahmedabad

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origins/sources. But according to the Jain time-cycle, all sorts of insects, animals and plants always exist and they develop in favourable circumstances. The size of their body increases in Utsarpiņikāla and decreases in Avasarpiņikāla. Plants are produced by plants and plants of a particular species produce plants of the same species. Unicellular plants produce unicellular plants and multicellular plants produce multicellular plants. There is no cross production between unicellular plants and multicellular plants.
At the time of destruction of the earth, animals and human beings are preserved underground in sleeping, oval and manifest forms. These animals and human beings cannot bear the temperature of the time of destruction of the earth. But later on when the atmosphere becomes normal and the temperature becomes tolerable, they come out from underground and begin to develop themselves. Animals procreate animals of their own species. We cannot, therefore, say that in course of development of one species of animals procreate other species of animals. Some scientists believe that animal-cells were produced from plant-cells and some other scientists believe that plantcells were produced from animal-cells. But all these beliefs are ultimately based on inferences. It is possible that reality is quite different from all these inferences of scientists.
In short, Indian scientists belonging to different branches of science such as geology, physics, biology, atomic physics, geography, astronomy etc. should make a deep study of ancient Indian philosophical and other books and do research work on the basis of it. It is the need of the day. If this is done, India will be able to make a very valuable contribution in the field of science.
( Navneet-samarpana, a Gujarati magazine, September,'84 & Tulasi Prajñā, Vol.23 No. 4, Jan.-March,1998)
Note-1:After five years of publication of this article, a context proving that this inference is true, has been found in the book, 'The Pyramid Power'. It has been stated in the article - 'The Jambūdvipa Laghusangrahani and Modern Science'. p. 139