Scientific Secrets of Jainism

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

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Is There An Origin Of Life?
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produced after a long time, the duration of their lifeless existence. This is the abiogenesis of the Jainism. Even gods are born according to this abiogenesis theory. But the beasts and birds that reproduce through embryo, i.e. garbhaja animals, namely jarāyuja (born with a wrapper containing blood called placenta) põtaja (born without placenta) and andaja (born through eggs) take birth by themselves, take birth certainly according to the theory of biogenesis. jarāyuja, andaja and potaja organisms are reproduced as a result of copulation of male and female and born through the female reproductive organ of animals.
Let us examine Oparin's belief of abiogenesis and the results of the experiments of Miller and Sidney Fox. Oparin only stated his belief and inference of how and in what circumstances the living organisms were originated. He did not perform any experiment about it. But Miller and Sidney Fox performed experiments to find out whether Oparin's belief was right or not. They mixed together H, CH, NH,,HO(vapour) and began to discharge them electrically. They did so for a week. Then they got some liquid. This liquid contained four amino-acids and some organic substances. They found that all these were non-living because gases, water etc. and remained hot. Jain scriptures also say that water molecules contain life i.e. they are living. Besides, water contains other micro living organisms. But when water boils they become lifeless. But water particles and other subtle bodies of micro moving organisms regain life after a certain period. This time limit is nearly 12 hours in winter, nearly 15 hours in summer and nearly 9 hours in the rainy season, it regains life after above mentioned time limit. In short, Miller perhaps decomposed the solution of water, H,, CH, and NH, for a week, heated it and examined it within a time limit mentioned above and therefore found the substances to be lifeless. Had he examined them after the above mentioned time limit, he would certainly have found the substances contained life.
in his experiments Sidney Fox heated the mixture of amino acids and proteinoids were produced. The proteinoids were put into hot water which was then cooled. In the cold mixture he saw that the subtle spheres and big molecules were produced according to Oparin's belief. Both were mixed. Living cells were thus made. Here, too, poyneucleotides were added perhaps after cooling down the mixture of hot water. Meanwhile living cells were perhaps produced and he probably saw the living organisms through a microscope. The results of the experiments of Sidney Fox is, therefore, not