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Table 3: Scientific and Canonical Concepts about the Living. S.No. Scientific Concepts
Canonical concepts Agamic terms A. Characteristics Food, nutrition,
food metabolism, secretions Celluar structure
body, strength
mattergic Body organisation
Mattergic
multi-pradeshi Reproduction
Sex
Yoni Birth
Sex
Jantu Death
life span
Jiva Movements
senses, strength
Jagat, Atma etc. Respiration
respiration
Prani Excretion
respiration
Prani Irritability/consciousness
mind, mental strength, Vijna, Veda, fear
Cetna 11. Adaptation 12. Growth 13. Life cycle
Shape/form Locomotion/circulation B. Origin of Life Evolutionary, Mutation not eternal, mutation possible
possible C. Characteristics Irritablity
capacitative and
cetna
fanctional D. Classification Botany, Zoology
mobile, non-mobile
Minded, non-minded Basis of classification :
32 (senses, mind etc.), Structural similarity: (a) plants 9
(b)animals Classes : (a) plants 9 1 - 570
2- (b) animals 17 40 F. Life cycle: (a) Birth 2
Life cycle : (b) Growth linear / vertical 23. Life cycle : (c) Birth places 9,8,4 lacs of species
- not counted 24. Shape of birth places 5
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