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Anekantavada and its statement in Saptabhanginaya
With Anekantavada and its statement saptabhangi naya the traditional as well as non-traditional schools of philosophy have raised objections with touches of ridicule. I am stating four such objections. I think, the Jaina philosophers have been more criticised then understood. Anekantavada did not fit into the prevalent category-structure of philosophical thinking. So this school have been till discussed by others. From my personal biography let me say a few words. I learnt navyanyāya with Nagarjuna as the purvapaksa at the feet of Mahamahopadhyaya Kalipada Tarkacarya for a decade. The Jaina philosophers never occurred to me. Once it so happened that I was looking for the bauddha text of Sambandhapariksa. The full text was not found then. My acarya suggested that I could search for it in the Jaina source, for they discussed every school of philosophy though they themselves were neglected by others. I got a part of Sambandhapariksa quoted in Prameyakamalamartanda. I brought the book to my acarya. Keeping me waiting in silence he gradually entered into book with deep attention. After three hours he dismissed me for the day and asked me to leave the book with him. Next week I found in his book-shelf a new book, and returned mine. He told me, life is too short for it ends before we have touched only a part of the sastra, I have missed the realistic school of Jainism. This situation has not changed yet.
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