anekantavada

See also: anekāntavāda

English

Alternative forms

• anekantavad
• anekāntavāda

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अनेकान्तवाद (an-ekānta-vāda, “scepticism, non-absolutism”), a compound literally meaning "doctrine of non-exclusivity".

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɑːneɪkɑːntəˈvɑːdə/

Noun

anekantavada (uncountable)

1. (Jainism) The doctrine of many-sidedness, specifically that reality and truth have multiple aspects and demand diverse points of view.
   • 2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin, published 2017, page 13:

     And, ultimately, anekantavada was not a doctrine of relativism: the blind men were, in the end, arguing over the same elephant.

Further reading

• anekantavada on Wikipedia.Wikipedia