Book Title: Applied Philosophy of Anekanta
Author(s): Shashiprajna Samni
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati Institute

View full book text
Previous | Next

Page 24
________________ Origin and Development of The Theory of Anekānta The doctrine of anekāntavāda finds the most important place in Jainism and on this very foundation other doctrines of the Jain philosophy are built up. From the historical point of view, Jainism is proved to be a very ancient religion of the world, originated and developed on the Indian soil. There is no denying the fact that every doctrine originates and develops in the heart of society. The doctrine of anekānta is not an exception to this. While explaining the origin and development of anekānta, my exposition will be based mostly on the available Prākrta and Saṁskrta materials on Jain philosophy. But in reconstructing the history of the anekāntavāda occassional help will be taken from the canonical literature of Jainism as well as Buddhism. For better explaintion of the development of anekānta, the classifications of four periods as accepted by Dalsukha Malavaniya in ‘Āgam yuga kā Jain darśana' is taken into consideration. The development of literature of Jaina philosophy can be classified into four periods. They are : 1. The Period of Āgamas (Before Vikram 470-Vikram 500) : The period near about one thousand years after the liberation of Bhagavān Mahāvīra. 2. The Period of Establishment of Anekānta (5th cent. - gth cent. A.D.). Pandita Dalsukha Malavaniya. Āgam Yuga Ke Jaina Darśana. Jaipur: Prakrit Bhārti Academy, 1990, p. 35.

Loading...

Page Navigation
1 ... 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220