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Anekantavada (अनेकान्तवाद)
Anekantavada (अनेकान्तवाद), the Jain doctrine of non-one-sidedness or many-sidedness, holds reality has infinitely many aspects; companion doctrines syadvada and nayavada; associated with Mahavira and systematized by later Jain philosophers.
God in Jainism
God in Jainism: no creator, preserver, or destroyer deity; God means perfected souls (Siddha, Arihant, Tirthankara) with infinite knowledge, faith, bliss, and power, worshipped through self-reflection, with mortal devas in an eternal, uncreated universe.
Jain cosmology
Jain cosmology, or the Jain loka tradition: the eternal, uncreated three-tiered universe of six substances, seven hells, Jambūdvīpa, cyclical time, and karma as matter, distinct from Buddhist and Hindu cosmologies.
Jain philosophy
Jain philosophy is the body of thought developed in the Jain tradition of India, teaching liberation of the soul from karmic bondage through non-violence, non-possession, and non-absolutism.
Shrimad Rajchandra (શ્રીમદ્ રાજચંદ્ર)
Shrimad Rajchandra (શ્રીમદ્ રાજચંદ્ર), also Raichandbhai Mehta (1867–1901), was a Jain poet-philosopher from Gujarat, author of Atmasiddhi Shastra, and the spiritual guide Mahatma Gandhi credited above all others.