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in position have been termed sleep movements in Botany, although they are in no way related to the sleep of animals.
The Stracture and Functions of a Seed Plant It appears from the study of plant life as treated in the Jaina Agamas that in the more primitive plants the basic functions, common to most green plants cells, may all occur in a siogle cell; but in the bigher plants cellular specialization has occurred. The Jainācāryas differentiate the several parts-root (Mūla), stem (Khandha), leaf (Patra), etc.2 of a plant. The evolution of conducting tissues (gūdhašira and ahiruyam) and the specialization of regions of the body has enabled plants to survive on land to grow to large size. Since these higher seed plants are the most widespread and familiar as well as the most useful plants for man, the Jainācāryas have dealt with some of the details of seed plant structure and ceriain functions localized in particular parts of the plants.
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Sūtrakstānga II. 3. Lokaprakāśa I. 5th Sarga Tarkarahasyadipikā Tikä on v. 49, pp. 157-159. "Rukkhajoniesu rukkhesu mulattāe kamdattāe khamdhattae tayattāe sälattāe pavālattae pattattāe pupphattae phalattae biyattāe viuttaṁti /" Sūtrakstānga II. 3.47 "Mülaggapirebaja kamda taha khardhabija bījaruha /
Gommatasära (Jivakanda), V. 186. Chālli aumtajiyā patteyajīyā tu tanukadari,
Ibid., V. 189. Etesi nam mūlā vi asamkhejjajiviya; Kamdā vi sälā vi pavālā vi / Pattā patteyajiviyā pupphā aņegajiviya, phala egaļļhiyā, Paņņavanā, Vanassaikāyajivapaņņavanā, 40, p. 17. “Gūdhachiragam pattam sacchiram jam ca hoti nicchiram”, Pannavana, Vanaspatikāyajivapaņņavanā, 54, 84, p. 24. Gūdhasirasamdhipavvam samabhamgamabiruham (ragam) ca 1 Chinnaruham 1-Sādhāraṇam, etc"-Jivavicāra, 12. Gūdhasirasamdhipavvaṁ samabhaniga ahiruyam ca hinnaruham / Şahāraṇasariram tavvi dhariyam ca patteyan /"
-Gommatasāra (Jiva. v. 187)
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