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Syādvāda is a theory of conditioned predication that provides an expression to anekānta by recommending that epithet Syād be attached to every expression.

Syādvāda is not only an extension of Anekānta ontology, but a separate system of logic capable of standing on its own force.

The Sanskrit etymological root of the term Syād is " perhaps " or " maybe ", but in context of syādvāda, it means " in some ways " or " from a perspective.

" As reality is complex, no single proposition can express the nature of reality fully.

Thus the term " syāt " should be prefixed before each proposition giving it a conditional point of view and thus removing any dogmatism in the statement.

Since it ensures that each statement is expressed from seven different conditional and relative view points or propositions, it is known as theory of conditioned predication.

These seven propositions also known as saptabhangi are: