 Ācārya <unk> ( 8th century CE ) was one of the leading proponents of anekāntavāda . He was the first classical author to write a <unk> , a compendium of a variety of intellectual views . This attempted to <unk> Jain thoughts within the broad framework , rather than <unk> narrow partisan views . It interacted with the many possible intellectual orientations available to Indian thinkers around the 8th century . 
