# अनेकान्तवाद (anekāntavāda)

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अनेकान्तवाद (anekāntavāda) is a Sanskrit word meaning skepticism, scepticism, maintaining that nothing is certain.

- **SLP1:** `anekAntavAda`  **IAST:** anekāntavāda  **Devanagari:** अनेकान्तवाद
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anekantavada
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/anekantavada/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Other (3 definitions)
- skepticism  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 42,2] अन् - एकान्त (an-ekānta) — वाद (—vāda) m. scepticism. [ ID=7855 ]
- scepticism  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अनेकान्तवाद (anekāntavāda) [Printed book page 028-11 ] अनेक - अन्त (aneka-anta) ˚ वाद (˚vāda) m. scepticism. [ ID=1608 ]
- Scepticism, maintaining that nothing is certain.  
  *Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > अनेकान्त (anekānta) वाद (vāda) (anekāntavāda) [Printed book page 112-b ] अनेकान्त (anekānta) वाद (vāda) (anekāntavāda) Tatpur. m. ( - दः (-daḥ) ) Scepticism, maintaining that nothing is certain. E. अनेकान्त (anekānta) and वाद (vāda). [ ID=3627 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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