Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c10.s15.28

c10.s15.28

As the aerial view rotates from cities, rivers and sacred places to sects and the discussions also turn around the ideas and schools of philosophy. Kṛśānu criticizes Vedāntins, the astrologers, *vaidyas*, *kavis* and *tārkikas*. Replying to Kṛśānu's repudiation of the *tārkikas*, Viśvāvasu emphasizes over the need for cultivation of Tarkaśāstra (logic). A man may spend his life studying the *kāvyas*, he may cross the vast sea of Śāstras, but look at his pathetic condition if he has not studied the Nyāyaśāstra! His tongue would become still when he tries to say something in the assembly where a *vāda* is going on! Enough of these scholars who have not made inquiries into the Pramāṇaśāstra, have not considered the categories and have not delved deep into the logic, and have not studied the *tarkavidyā*!⁵²