Book Title: Understanding Jain Way Of Life Exhibition
Author(s): Sudhir M Shah
Publisher: Sudhir M Shah

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________________ Jain contribution Siology Jain scriptures gave us detailed classification of all living beings - one soused to live sensed, mobile & immobile I also described plants as living beings long before science accepted it. Before the advent of microscopes, Jainism describes existence of: 1. Life in air. Viruses & Bacteria, known to cause air-bom infections today. 2.Sile in water: Today we know of single cell micro - organisms like Amoeba, etc. 3. Life in earth. Erciyone knows about micro organisms in carth and rocks.

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