 Syādvāda ( Sanskrit : <unk> ् <unk> ् <unk> ) is the theory of conditioned predication , which provides an expression to anekānta by recommending that every phrase or statement be expressed in the <unk> mood ( the equivalent of the <unk> mood in Latin and other Indo @-@ European languages ) , i.e. generally by <unk> each sentence with the verb syāt , the third person singular <unk> of the Sanskrit verb as , " to be " . ( In Sanskrit , syāt becomes syān when followed by an " n " , and syād when followed by a non @-@ nasal voiced <unk> or vowel . ) According to Jain texts , a thing or object of knowledge has infinite characters ( i.e. , it is <unk> ) ; each character can be analysed and grasped individually . Each individual character is called a naya . Jains asserts that a naya reveals only a part of the <unk> , and should not be mistaken for the whole . A synthesis of different viewpoints is said to be achieved by the doctrine of conditional predications ( syādvāda ) wherein every viewpoint is able to retain its relative importance . Highlighting the <unk> of syādvāda , <unk> Samantabhadra asserts : 
