________________
Vaishali Institute Research Bulletin No. 6
the cellular wall (tvac)? can be very thick, as in the woody stems of trees and shrubs, and serve directly for the support of the plant body or it can be rather thin, and provide support indirectly by way of pressure.
Besides, trees and shrubs have Gūdhaširã (Xylem ?) and ahiruyam (phloem ?) to help support their trunk.
Plant Digestion
Plants have no specialized digestive system; their nutrients are either made within the cells or are absorbed through the cell membranes?, The nutrients synthesized are either used at once or transported to
1.
Ibid II. 3.47 "Yatra skandhakamdamūlašākhāşu khalu vikşyale Tvac sthūlatara kaşthat sa tvac anantajivikā /
Lokaprakāśa 1, 5.79, p. 363. Ibid. Yatra mūlaskandhakandašākhāșu dịśyate sphuţam / Tvac Kaniyasi Kāşthāt sa tvak pratyekajiva //
Lokaprakāśa, 5.96, p. 365.
2. 3.
4.
Paņņavanā, Vanaspatikāyajivapaņņavanä 54-84 Jivavicāra 12; Gommațasāra 197 (Jivakāņda), Nemicandra. Te jivā tesim nânāvihajoniyāṇam pudhaviņam sinehamāhārenti,
5.
etc.”
Sūtrakstānga, II 3. 43.
6.
7.
8.
Te jivā āhāremti pudhavisariran āusariram teusariram sine. hamāhārmti, etc."
Sūtrakstānga, II. 3.43 Te jivā āhāremti pudhavisariram āusariram teuśārīram vāusäriram vanassaisariram, etc., Ibid., Ibid. “Mūlan syāt bhūmisambaddham tatra kandaḥ samāśritaḥ/ Tatra skandha iti mitho bijāntaḥ syuryutaḥ same // 107|| Ataḥ prthvigatarasamāhāranti same apyami/ Yāvat phalam puşpastham bijaṁ phalasamgatam //108||
Lokaprakāśa, 5.107,108.
Jain Education International
For Private & Personal Use Only
www.jainelibrary.org
