Scientific Secrets of Jainism

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

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Limitations Of The Theory of Special Relativity....
another point of space. The point of time, when the phenomenon appears at the second point of space, is the present time for the second point and the past time for the first point. Thus time is nothing but the measurement of space. i.e. there isn't a separate existence of time.
Jain scriptures show that space is divided in two parts, Lökākāśa, and Alōkākāśa. Lõkākāśa, means space belonging to the universe. Lõka means the whole universe inhabited by living beings. It consists not only of the animal kingdom and the plant kingdom as accepted by the modern science but it also consists of all types of soil-lives, water-lives, fire-lives, windlives, and gas-lives as found in Jain Biology. Space beyond the Lāka (universe) is called Alūkākāśa, where there is no possibility for the existence of a living being and also Aloka does not include the rest of the four nonliving elements Dharma, Adharma, Matter and Time.
Moreover the universe is completely filled with two non-material elements named Dharma and Adharma. Outside the universe Dharma and Adharma do not exist. Though both elements are completely separate from each other, they combine with each other like milk and water. Therefore we find both elements in the same space. The element Dharma helps the motion of moving objects, while the element Adharma helps the stagnation of objects. And we have to remember that these elements are not constituted of material particles. So the belief fostered by our scientists that every
ent must consist of material particles and therefore Dharma and Adharma also consist of material particles is improper. Since these are non-material elements, they have no material-properties like colour, odour, taste, touch, mass, weight, electromagnetic field, to produce friction and to give response to friction.
The most microscopic particles of matter (paramāņus) possess these properties. As these elements (Dharma and Adharma) are not outside the universe, the elements - matter and soul - can't go outside the universe.
Einstein's acceptance of velocity of light to be constant means that the velocity of the source of light doesn't affect the velocity of light. e.g. Though the velocity of the source of light is 2 x 105 km/sec. the velocity of its own light remains 3 x 105 km/sec., but not + V-V, as the Galilean theory holds. It means the velocity of light will not become (3 + 2) x 105 km/sec. in the possitive direction or (3 - 2) x 105 km/sec. in negative