Scientific Secrets of Jainism

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

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Which are the subtle eggs? The subtle eggs are of five types: 1.Uddamsanda- those of butterfly, a bug, i.e. a matkuna etc. 2. Utkalikāṇḍa those of spider 3. Pippilikakāṇḍa- those of an ant etc. 4. Hallikāṇḍa - those of a lizard etc. 5. Hallöhallikäṇḍa those of a chameleon etc.
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On the one hand, there is a statement of Vacaka Umāsväti and on the other hand, there is a statement of Acarya Sri Bhadrabāhusvāmi. Both these statements are mutually contradictory. But we should bear it in mind that both these statements are made from different points of view. Therefore, thinking from the real point of view (4), we find that the statement of Vācaka Umāsvāti is true and from the practical view point (@gray) the statement of Acārya Sri Bhadrabāhusvāmi seems to be true because though the insects namely, the ant, the fly, the bug are asexual and, therefore, of neuter gender, they emit such substances out of their body as are generally known by people as eggs. Now the only question that arises is this: If they belong to the neuter gender, how do they indulge in sexual intercourse of a male and a female?
Scientific Secrets of Jainism
All living beings have four instincts, expressed or unexpressed. They are 1. food, 2. fear, 3. sex, 4. covetousness. At some places, scriptures say that there are ten instincts and they also include these four instincts. Therefore, all living beings whether they are males, females or neuter beings, have the sex instinct. Therefore, all living beings of Samsara (universe) indulge in sex activities. But in celestial beings and hellish beings, these sex activities do not cause reproduction. Similarly, all living beings, from the one-sensed to the four-sensed, indulge in sexual activities which do not cause reproduction.
According to the Jain canonical treatises namely, Karmagrantha, Karmaprakṛti etc. a male's desire for copulation is like a fire laid on grass. his desire for sex is soon satisfied. Female's desire for copulation is like a fire covered with ashes. She takes a long time in satisfying her sex desire. A neuter being's desire for copulation is like a fire laid on a great city. His desire for copulation is never satisfied. The sex instinct is, therefore, most active in neuter beings. Sometimes, the dissatisfaction of sex, causes their death; e.g. the death of a butterfly.
"The Manusmrti says स्वेजाः कृमिदशाद्याः (svejah krmidamśādyāh ) "
It means that two-sensed, three-sensed and four-sensed living beings are born
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