The Fabric of Life as Conceived in Jaina Biology

Biology 18 the science of living substances (iyadravayas) The field of Jalna Biology differentiates the living from the non-living by using the word jwatthikaya¹ (organism) to refer to any living things, plant or animal, just as modern Biology does. So it 18 relatively easy to see that a man, a Sala tree, a creeper4 and

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सिकदार जैन परम्परा की जीव-सम्बन्धी मान्यताओं को आधुनिक जीवविज्ञान के सामने रखते हैं। वे छह पर्याप्तियों — आहार, शरीर, इन्द्रिय, श्वासोच्छ्वास, भाषा और मन — तथा दस प्राणों का विवेचन करते हैं, और गोम्मटसार के आधार पर एकेन्द्रिय से पंचेन्द्रिय तक शक्ति और क्रिया का भेद स्पष्ट करते हैं। Sikdar sets the Jaina account of the living beside modern biology. He expounds the six paryaptis - the vital capacities for food, body, senses, respiration, speech and mind - and the ten pranas, using the Gommatasara to separate capacity from function across one-sensed to five-sensed beings.

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