Syādvāda is a cardinal Jain[1] doctrine 'to which the Jains attach so much importance that this name frequently is used as a synonym for the Jain system itself.[2] The doctrine is thus often explained in modern expositions of Jainism or Jain philosophy.[3] The purpose of this paper is to critically examine some of these presentations.
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Sometimes the form Jaina is also met with (see R.C. Zaehner. ed., The Concise Encyclopedia of Living Faiths [Boston: Beacon Press, 1968], p. 261).
Hermann Jacobi 'Jainism' in James Hastings, ed., Encylopedia of Religion and Ethics VII (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons), p. 468.