Multidimensional Application of Anekantavada

SR No.: 014009
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Sagarmal Jain, Shreeprakash Pandey, Bhagchandra Jain Bhaskar
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith
Publication Year: 1999
Total Pages: 552
Language: English, Hindi
Classification: Seminar & Articles
File Size: 9 MB

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Multi-dimensional Application of Anekāntavāda
background for this revolutionary theory. They have been mentioned by many authors. (a) Drop of ball from moving train : different realities about a single fact:
A person in moving train drops a ball out of the window of the moving train. Now the person in the train will see that the circular ball is getting smaller and smaller and smaller moving in the direction opposite to the train. However, if there is an another observer static and outside the train, he would look the falling ball making a curve without changing the size and direction. (It means a single event seen by different persons differently under static and moving conditions). (b) Twin Paradox: Time is variable: Relativity of Time:
Assume there are twin brothers of age 25 and both are astronauts. One of them moves in a space ship upwards while the other remains on the earth in control room. The space ship sends messages after every ten minutes. However, as the space ship moves faster upwards towards attaining the speed of light, the control room get messages at longer and longer intervals. It has been calculated that if the space ship remains in space for two years, the brother in space will attain the age of 27 years while his brother on earth will have an age of 70 years. (This suggests that time is effected by static and moving conditions and shortened at higher speeds. This also leads to the possibility of past/future readinga part of omniscience). (c) Length (space) is variable: Relativity of Length:
Suppose a rod has a length of 15 cms. It is true for a stationary observer. However, if the same rod is carried by a person moving-say in a fast space ship, it will have a length of less than 15 cms. (There is contradiction in length like time showing variability and relativity of length.) (d) Things weigh differently: Relativity of Mass:4
A body weighs 50 kg. on a balance here. It its equatorial weight. If the same body is taken at poles, it will weigh more than 50 kg. However, if the same mass is carried by a person moving fast, it will show higher and higher weight depending on speed of movement.