[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) › c10.3 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c10.3 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c10.3 - **Language:** English ### [c10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.3) The term \*vāda\* was adopted from the intellectual discourses in the realm of arts and aesthetics, especially in music and theatre. The seven musical notes (\*svaras\*) were classified in four categories — \*vādī\*, \*saṁvādī\*, \*vivādī\* and \*anuvādī\*.¹ - [Previous: c10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.2) - [Next: c10.s1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.s1.1) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.3) · Pramāṇa