[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021) › c10.2 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c10.2 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c10.2 - **Language:** English ### [c10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.2) IN THE history of Indian intellectual discourses, \*Alaṁkāraśāstra\* (aesthetics and literary theory) presents some of the most fascinating and enduring debates. These debates subsist on looking at a literary discourse or a piece of art from two angles — objective and subjective. - [Previous: c9.s5.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c9.s5.61) - [Next: c10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.3) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.2) · Pramāṇa