Anekāntavāda ( Sanskrit : अनेकान ् तवाद , " many @-@ sidedness " ) refer to the principles of pluralism and multiplicity of viewpoints , or vantage points , the notion that reality is perceived differently from diverse points of view , and that no single point of view is the complete truth , yet taken together they comprise the complete truth . It is one of the most important and fundamental doctrines of Jainism .