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Jaina word. In fact, it can very well be said that both these doctrines Anekānta and Madhyamamarga have greater resemblance in the fundamental idea underlying both of them. Both are the results of the idea which is to arrive at the truth and nothing but the truth. The tendency of the highest trained intellect, is to arrive at the truth from the right point of view. Mahā vīra and Bauddha, both of them men of higher intellect, having the same goal for their quest, naturally developed similar doctrines. In spite of this resemblance, however, there is a difference as regards the provinces of these two doctrines. In Jaina literature the province of Anekanta is to examine the fundamental nature of things. This doctrine, therefore, among the Jainas is mainly directed towards discussing the nature of things. and towards bringing out the fundamental characteristics of things such as birth, destruction and permanency or in other words the characteristics of eternity and transitariness Now in Bauddha Pitakas, the province of Madhyamprati pada is the daily course of actions of human beings. Naturally, therefore, this doctrine of the Bauddhas discusses ideas, speech and conduct required in the daily intercourse of life. It is true that these two parallel courses of thought came to have interaction on each other in course of time. In the province of the philosophy of Anekanta, for instance, rules of conduct came to be added later on. But the main tendency of this doctrine remained to be the philosophical discussion of the fundamental nature of the things. This fact would be clear to us, if we look at the discussions on Naya,
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