Ekadeśin

By Swami Harshananda

Ekadeśin literally means ‘One who upholds only one aspect’.

In the philosophical systems, when a statement is made by the main proponent, objections against it are raised by others opposing that school. Such an objector usually takes one part^[1] of the statement of the proponent and tries to criticize it. Such an objector is called ‘ekadeśin’. A more common word for such an objector is ‘purvapakṣin’.^[2]

References[edit]

↑ Ekadeśa means one part.
↑ purvapakṣin means one who holds the prima face view.

The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore

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[1] Ekadeśa means one part.

[2] urvapakṣin means one who holds the prima face view.

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