INDIAN HISTORY

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Anekantavada is a core theory and philosophy of which one of the following?
A
Vaishnavism
B
Sikhism
C
Buddhism
D
Jainism
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Anekāntavāda is a fundamental doctrine of Jainism. The origins of anekāntavāda can be traced back to the teachings of Mahāvīra (599–527 BCE), the 24th Jain Tīrthankara.

Detailed explanation-2: -Anekantavada is a doctrine of Jainism.

Detailed explanation-3: -anekantavada, (Sanskrit: “non-one-sidedness” or “many-sidedness”) in Jainism, the ontological assumption that any entity is at once enduring but also undergoing change that is both constant and inevitable.

Detailed explanation-4: -Central to the moral code of Jainism is the doctrine of ahimsa-noninjury to all living beings, an idea that may have arisen in reaction to Vedic sacrifice ritual. There is also a great emphasis on vows (vratas) of various orders.

Detailed explanation-5: -Difference between Anekantavada and Syadvada The basic difference between them is that Anekantavada is the knowledge of all differing but opposite attributes whereas Syadvada is a process of the relative description of a particular attribute of an object or an event.

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