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Anekāntavāda (Devanagari: अनेकान्तवाद) is one of the most important and fundamental doctrines of Jainism. It refers to the principles of pluralism and multiplicity of viewpoints, the notion that truth and reality are perceived differently from diverse points of view, and that no single point of view is the complete truth.[1][2] Jains contrast all attempts to proclaim absolute truth with adhgajanyāyah, which can be illustrated through the parable of the "blind men and an elephant". In this story, each blind man felt a different part of an elephant (trunk, leg, ear, etc.). All the men claimed to understand and explain the true appearance of the elephant, but could only partly succeed, due to their limited perspectives.[3] This principle is more formally stated by observing that objects are infinite in their qualities and modes of existence, so they cannot be completely grasped in all aspects and manifestations by finite human perception. According to the Jains, only the Kevalins—omniscient beings—can comprehend objects in all aspects and manifestations; others are only capable of partial knowledge.[4] Consequently, no single, specific, human view can claim to represent absolute truth. Selected image
Selected scriptureTattvartha Sutra (also known as Tattvarth-adhigama-sutra or Moksh-Shastra) is a Jain text written by Acharya Umaswati.[5] It was an attempt to bring together the different elements of the Jain path, epistemological, metaphysical, cosmological, ethical and practical, otherwise unorganized around the scriptures in an unsystematic format. It is the first Jain text in sutra or aphoristic form, and bring almost entire Jain doctrinal system in 350 sutras spread over 10 chapters.[6] The term Tattvartha is composed of the Sanskrit words tattva "things, realities" and artha "true nature". Umaswami is accepted by all the sects of Jains and is said to have lived around the 2nd century. WikiProjectsSelected biographyPārśva (Sanskrit: पार्श्वनाथ) (also Parsvanath) was the twenty-third Tirthankara "Ford-Maker" in Jainism (traditionally 877–777 BCE).[7][8][9] He is the earliest Jain leader generally accepted as a historical figure.[10][11][12] Pārśva was a nobleman belonging to the Kshatriya varna. Parshva lived a life of a nobleman for 30 years and was never married before renouncing the world to become a monk. He meditated for 84 days before attaining kevalajñāna.[13] According to the Jain tradition, he attained nirvana 250 years before the nirvana of Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankar.[10] The chronology accepted by most Jains (Svetambaras) places Mahavir's death in 527 BCE.[14] Parshva was the son of king Ashvasena and queen Vama of Varanasi. He renounced the world and became an ascetic when he was 30 years old.[15] He achieved Nirvana atop Sammet Sikhar, now named Parshvanatha after him. He was called purisādāṇīya "beloved of men", a name which shows that he must have been a genial personality.[16] He remains beloved among Jains.[17] Did you know...According to Jain beliefs, Jain philosophy is a codification of eternal universal truths which at times lapse among humanity, but later reappear through the teachings of human beings who have gained enlightenment or omniscience (Keval Gnan). Categories
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