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CHAPTER 2 SYADWAD AND THEORY OF RELATIVITY
Syadwad (the Jain Theory of Non-Absolutism) is a connecting link between the various Schools of Indian Philosophy and is the Nucleus of Jain Philosophy. Its seeds are found scattered in the Jain Agamas propounded thousands of years ago in various forms such as "Utpad Vyaya Dhoruvyam" (the triple doctrine of the origin, the destruction and the permanence), "Syadasti Syannasti" (relative existence and nonexistence) universality and particularity, the Theory of Seven Nayas, etc Sidhasen, Samantabhadra and other Jain thinkers gave a systematic interpretation of the Theory in the form of Doctrine of Seven Predications After these earlier expressions, many scholars and teachers have written vast literature on this subject which proves its greatness even now For the last 1500 years Syadwad has been a living phenomenon of the philosophical world and even now it continues to be so.
Relativity is supposed to be a great contribution of the 20th Century to the scientific world Its propounder was the renowned scientist Prof. Albert
