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Jainism
The Naiyāyikas also have a complaint against the Anekāatavāda but they give it a back.door entry when they call an intervening variety of the species as both General and Particular, as for example, the cowhood which, according to them, is General from the view.point of a cow in general but Particular from view-point of a horse.
Rāmānuja, Vallabha and others accept the Anekāntavāda of the Jainas in one form or the other as they believe in the evolutionary character of Brahma. Despite this, they join Sankarācārya in denouncing Anekānta. vāda. This shows at best their sectarian spirit only.
(Prabuddha Jivan, 1, 3,63; 1, 4, '63; 16, 4, '63).
Translated into English
by Dr. A. S. Gopani
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