Ekantar (ekāntavāda) Jain dharma ka ek moolvichār hai: yeh matlab hai ki kisi vastu ya satya ko sirf ek hi nazariya ya pehlu se dekhna galat hai. Isse hum kehte hain ki “ek taraf ki baat” ya “one-sided view” hai.

• Arth (meaning): Ekānta-vāda ka arth hai ek hi drishtikon se saari sachai ko samajhna. Shamay ke dwara svikar kiya jaata hai ki vastavikta bahu-pehlu hai, isliye humari baatein sahi ho sakti hain lekin sirf ek nazariye se. Isliye Jain dharma ki buniyadi tattva anekānta (bahu-puhrva) par aadhaarit hai.
• Reht (ritual/sect differences): Digambar aur Śvetāmbara dono paramparāon me anekānta ki mahattva ko svīkār kiya gaya hai. Lekin ekāntavāda ki samajh aur vyakhya texts ke hisaab se thodi bhinn ho sakti hai, aur kai srot isse ek galat ya apramanik drishtikon ke roop me dekhte hain. Anekānta hi adhik paath-pustakon me mukhya siddhant mana jata hai.
• Sandarbh: Ekantavāda ki vipreet soch, yaani ki bahu-puhrva drishtikon ko svikar karna, Jain vichaaron me bahut mahatvapurn maana jaata hai. Syādvāda (conditioned predication) jaise upāyon ke sath ekāntavāda ko samjha jaata hai.

JainKnowledge ki vishesh samajh aur tark-vitān ke hisaab se yeh dono drishtikon milkar sachai ko poori tarah pakad pate hain: ek taraf se kahin bhi siddh nahin hota; dusri taraf sabhi drishtikon ki samman kiya jata hai. Isliye anekānta hi mukhya siddhant hai.

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