Scientific Secrets of Jainism

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

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Two Great Scientists: One From Eastern India And One......
How can infinite pudgala particles be occupied in space occupied by limited space-units? And how can infinite paramāņus be occupied by a single space-unit? A space-unit can be occupied by only single independent paramāņu. But in the same single space-unit a congregation of infinite paramāņus can be occupied.
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This theory of physics shown by the Jain philosophy, also applies to the bodyless souls which are free from all the eight kinds of karma particles.
Emancipated souls reside in Siddhaśīlā, the rock acting as seat of location at the top of the universe for emancipated souls. These emancipated souls are Arūpi (devoid of form) and bodyless. Each one of them has his independent existence. According to the Jain theory the hight of the emancipated soul is two-third of height that he had at the time of nirvana i. e. emancipation. Still however, infinite other emancipated souls occupy the space which is occupied by a single emancipated soul. Acāryas commenting on Jain scriptures give an easy and simple explanation for this by giving the example of a lamp's light. If a small lamp is lighted in a room, light spreads everywhere in the whole room. If twenty or twenty-five or hundreds of lamps are lighted in the same room, light of all the lamps spreads everywhere in the room and on the walls of the room but it does not happened that light of a single lamp falls only on a particular spot.
According to Prof. P. M. Agrawal, the condition of infinite paramāņus Occupying the same space-unit and the condition of infinite souls occupying common space-units, can be explained by Bose-Einstein statistics.
Dr P. C. Vaidya's research also substantiates the pudgala-paramāņu theory of Jain philosophy. According to his research, the gravitational force of radiating stars or of the Sun is less than that of non-radiating stars of the same mass and volume. He has shown these calculations by mathematical equations.
According to Jain philosophy, energy is a quality and that which has qualities and modifications is a substance. [ a guṇaparyāyavad dravyam]-- (Tattvärtha Sūtra, Ch. 5, Sūtra No. 37) ] Qualities and modifications belong to substances. The pudgala i.e. matter which has a form, certainly has a mass. The rays of light are a matter, not qualities. The matter pudgala has a quality in the form of energy. When radiating star or