Anekanta, Anekānta, Aneka-anta, Anekamta: 10 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAnekānta (अनेकान्त):—(3. a + ekānta) adj. nicht allein und alles Andere ausschliessend: syādityavyayamanekāntavācakam . anakontaṃ vadatītyevaṃśīlaḥ syādvādī [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 25,] [Scholiast] Davon nom. abstr. anekāntatva [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 1, 7, Vārttika von Kātyāyana. 4.]
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Anekānta (अनेकान्त):—adj. (f. ī) [Spr. (II) 3955.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAnekānta (अनेकान्त):—m. kein absoluter Fall , der Fall , dass Etwas so und auch anders sein kann , [Suśruta (rotrh) 2,556,7.559,2.] ( anakorthaḥgedr.). [Sarvadarśanasaṃgraha 41,20.43,1.] Davon Nom.abstr. tva n. [45,6.]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Aneka, An, Ekanta, Anta.
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A study of the philosophy of Jainism (by Deepa Baruah)
Chapter II.e - The doctrine of Anekāntavāda (the theory of manifoldness) < [Chapter II - Jaina theory of Knowledge]
Chapter II.a - Prabhācandra’s refutation of different views about knowledge < [Chapter II - Jaina theory of Knowledge]
Jainism and Patanjali Yoga (Comparative Study) (by Deepak bagadia)
Part 3.1 - Anekantavada and Syadvada < [Chapter 3 - Jain Philosophy and Practice]
Jain Science and Spirituality (by Medhavi Jain)
1. Modern Jaina Literature < [Chapter 2 - Review of Literature]
5.6. Comparison with Theory of Relativity < [Chapter 4 - Main Theory and Practices in Jainism]
5.5. Anekantavada and Truth < [Chapter 4 - Main Theory and Practices in Jainism]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary) (by Vijay K. Jain)
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 1 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 7 - The Doctrine of Relative Pluralism (anekāntavāda) < [Chapter VI - The Jaina Philosophy]