[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.s1.2 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c10.s1.2 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c10.s1.2 - **Language:** English ### [c10.s1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.s1.2) \*Nāṭyaśāstra\* starts with a debate and ends in the resolution of another debate. In the series of replies to questions and counter-questions, Bharata Muni narrates how \*nāṭya\* originated and evolved. He recounts his experiments and the failure of the debut performance under his direction. \*Samudramanthana\*, the play he chose to present on the occasion of the festival of Indra was disrupted by the demons who thought that the performance is a humiliation to them. Virūpākṣa, their leader started arguing and questioning the propriety of the performance. Then followed a discussion on the nature of \*nāṭya\* and the demons were reconciled.² - [Previous: c10.s1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.s1.1) - [Next: c10.s1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.s1.3) - [Up: c10.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.s1) ## Cites (1) - [Nāṭyaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.bharata.natyasastra) — Bharata, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.s1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.s1.2) · Pramāṇa