different between jainism vs anekantavada

Romanian

From French jaïnisme

jainism n (uncountable)

Borrowed from Sanskrit ??????????? (an-ek?nta-v?da, “scepticism, non-absolutism”), a compound literally meaning "doctrine of non-exclusivity".

anekantavada (uncountable)

(Jainism) The doctrine of many-sidedness, specifically that reality and truth have multiple aspects and demand diverse points of view.
- 2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin 2017, p. 13:
  And, ultimately, anekantavada was not a doctrine of relativism: the blind men were, in the end, arguing over the same elephant.

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