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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
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SHRUTSAGAR
December-2015 tude. But this attitude of people is wrong because in doubt both possibilities are indefinite (not applicable). For example when you say “This is silver or pearl”, you are not quite sure of the thing being silver or pearl. Averse to this kind of sceptimism is Anekenta vada, because in Anekanta vada one is quite sure of either possibilities. Half glass milk can be said to be either half full or half empty. Though both the statements are expressed opposingly yet they are correct because they speak the truth from the alternate points of view.
A follower of Anekantavada is very correct in his approach because he uses the power of discrimination aptly. No one can be harmed and be unhappy by his solutions to problems. Once a king dreamt that all his teeth had fallen. Early morning he called the astrologers and told them about his dream. One astrologer said, “All your relatives will die before your eyes”. The king was quite sad and depressed by the prediction. At that very moment another astrologer said “Your Highness, the dream says that your age seems to be longer than all your relatives' age”. The King was very pleased and satisfied by the answer and rewarded the latter. Both the astrologers predicted the same truth but their approach was different.
In a village there lived a Brahmin called Dandabharathi, He was little educated and was considered a scholar by the ordinary people of the village. He had defeated many people in religious arguments.
He asked only one question which everyone failed to answer and for this reason he remained uparallelled. He demanded the meaning of 'KHAVVA, KHAIYA, KHAIYA” When the competitors failed to explain the meaning of those words he would snatch everything from them.
One particular scholar heard about this so called scholar and came forward to debate with him. The villages were the
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