Bhagvana Mahavira

Author(s): Tulsi Acharya
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati

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basis of Relativism or Non-absolutism. The contention prevailing among the different philosophers about the nature of Reality was, in fact, due to a one-sided view of things. Consequently, the polemics came into existence. Pundits like Indrabhūti had been caught in the maze of polemics. Bhagavān Mahāvīra furnished them with altogether a new approach-an approach based on anekānta (non-absolutism) which, in fact, comprised of outlook of synthesis.
All of them accepted it and succeeded in perceiving the Reality in its true perspective.