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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Now - a - days, two varieties of music are generally well-known. One is the western music and the other is Indian classical music.
Since their aims are different, there is a vast difference between the Western music and the Indian classical Music. The western music is only for momentary joy and it fully gives sensual gratifications. Since it is provocative, it appeals to the senses. But the aim of the Indian classical music is attainment of the final emancipation. It is characterised not by sensual pleasures but by the spirit of abandonment, feeling of aversion to worldly pleasures, self surrender and devotion. Great men absorbed in devotional music do not care for any worldly thing. They rejoice in themselves, the god of their faith and in worship. Sometimes, the worship of such worshippers changes even poison into nectar. 16
According to the Jain philosophical contention, sound is produced from the paramāņu units of Bhāṣā Vargaņā. And every paramāņu of matter j.e.pudgala has colour, smell, taste, and touch." Every sort of sound, therefore, necessarily has good or bad colour, smell, taste and touch. But they are so few or subtle that they cannot be perceived by our sense-organs. True, every one feels the touch of sound. There are some like Ashok Kumar Dutt who can perceive with their eyes, the colour of sound i.e. different colours of vowels and consonants."
Even the science of today accepts that matter i.e. pudgala atoms have inestimable energy. In the sunday supplement of English daily, The Times of India' of September 3,1995, there was an article. It clearly stated that air is charged with musical ions. Of course, the writer described the western pop dance and disco dance and during the music, some spectators saw colourful various figures dancing in the atmosphere i.e. They perceived the colours of sound.19
of the Jain Agama literature, the Āgama entitled 'śri Anuyōgadvāra sūtra', gives an elaborate information about the seven notes of music as under:
"What are the seven types of notes? They are described as under: 1. Şadja, 2. Rşabha, 3. Gāndhāra, 4. Madhyama, 5. Pancama, 6. Dhaivata or Raivata and 7. Nişāda
1. The note that is produced jointly from the nose, the throat, the heart,