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of the materialist and the ludicrous stand of the idealists. Indeed, this effort, on the part of the Jainas, to create harmony among the conflicting claims of philosophers, by introducing the doctrine of anekāntavāda, is a natural consequence of their attitude towards life aiming to foster world-brotherhood.
References :
1. Dr. Y. J. Padmarajiah: A Comparative Study of the Jaina
Theories of Reality and Knowledge.
2. Bhagchandra Jain 'Bhaskar: Jainism in Buddhist Literature.
3. Dr. Jyotiprasad Jain : Religion and Culture of the Jains.
4. Satkari Mookerjee : The Jaina Philosophy of Non-Absolutism.
5. K. C. Bhattacharya : The Jaina Theory of Anekāntavāda.
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