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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off the eight kinds of karma, Pandit Sri Viravijayaji Mahārāja shows the internal construction of the residence of gods there. According to the description, the gods there always keep lying in the bed and a fine chandelier of 253 pearls hangs over them. Its construction is worth knowing. In the centre, there is a pearl weighing 64 maunds. On the four sides of it, there are four pearls weighing 32 maunds each. In the outer (second) circle there are eight pearls weighing 16 maunds each. In the third circle, there are 16 pearls of 8 maunds each. In the fourth circle, there are 32 pearls of four maunds each. In the fifth circle, there are 64 pearls of 2 maunds each. In the sixth i.e. last circle there are 128 pearls of one maunds each. Blown by the wind when all these pearls strike against the inter-located pearls, they produce sweet musical modes and patterned arrangements characteristic of classical music. They also produce drama. The god in the bed enjoy seeing it.12 Here is a constant ratio of the weight and the number of pearls. Notes of certain frequency are produced when two pearls strike against each other. The natural combinations of the notes produce musical mode of the best quality. Here it is stated that along with musical modes a drama is also produced. This requires to be explained. In all the nine Graivēyaka and all the five Anuttara abodes of gods only gods live and gods and goddesses from no other heavenly abodes can go there. It is, therefore, impossible that they make a drama. But it can be explained as under.
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As it will be shown later on someone of the western musicians saw in the sky, the figures dancing to the tune of notes and such ones as Ashok Kumar Dutt, who are endowed with super perceptivity, can see colours of sounds. Similarly, the gods can see various fine figures made of groupings of pudgalas (Vargaṇā) of Bhāṣā (speech) produced by sweet musical modes and their varieties. These gods have such a superior quality of avadhijñāna that if they have a doubt, from their abode, they can ask a question to Tirthankara Paramātmā and Tirthankara Paramātmā answers the question through groupings of manas particles i.e. paramāņu-units of Manō-Vargaṇā namely thoughts. The gods in their abodes know the answer to their question by seeing the thoughts of Tirthankara Paramātmā in the form of parmanu-units of ManōVarganā. 14 Here the parmanu-units of Bhāṣā Vargaṇā of musical modes and their varieties take forms of various figures and the gods see them appearing and disappearing. Moreover paramāņu units of Bhāṣā Vargaṇā are bigger than the parmanu-units of Manō-Vargaṇā namely thoughts. The gods,
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