Scientific Secrets of Jainism

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

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Indian Classical Music And Its Scientific Significance
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greater singer than I am. He is my guru's disciple and senior to me. His name is Baijūnātha. Who are you?"
When Baijū heard this his eyes were filled with tears of joy. Both the disciples of the same guru affectionately embraced each other.'
There is a traditional belief of Jain Āgamas that Tirthankara Paramātmās deliver their religious discourse only after attaining omniscience and their religious discourse never fails. At least some people certainly accept the holy orders and Tirthankara Paramātmās always deliver their discourse in the Mālakaumsa mode.? Like the first religious discourse of Sramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvirasvāmi, if the religious discourse of a Tirthankara fails, it is believed to be an uncommon incident.3
The Malakaumsa mode has such a tremendous potentiality that under influence of its vibrations, even a stone melts into liquid. What to talk of a human heart? The religious discourse delivered in the Mālakaumsa mode is capable of changing hearts of the greatest of men. That is perhaps the reason why Tirthankara Paramātmās deliver their religious discourse only in the Mālakaumsa mode.
There is also a traditional belief that after conquering the city of Cāmpānēra, when Humāyu ordered indiscriminate wholesale slaughtering in the city, the great musician Baijā Bāvarā sang a mode named Jaunapuri which forced him the flow of sentiments of mercy from his heart to people. Even the heart of Humāyu was filled with pity and he stopped the slaughtering and made the prisoners free.*
Once when Tānasēna sang in the Dipaka mode and enkindled lamps, two Nāgara brahmin girls of Vadanagara, Tānā and Riri, sang in the Malhāra mode, caused the rain to pour down and relieved Tānasēna from the heat of the enkindled lamps and Dipaka mode and made the atmosphere calm."
As an effect of Bhairava mode , some musicians could squeeze juice from sugarcanes and oil from oilseeds with the help of machines working without bullocks. By singing in the Hindola mode some musicians could take long and high swings automatically by sitting in swinging cots.6
The śri mode has a wonderful effect. In the hot summer, it can make a dry garden full of greenery and rich with fruits and flowers.?