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Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c10.s15.32

Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c10.s15.32

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c10.s15.32

With his tendency to condemn everything, Kṛśānu unearths the dark sides and uses the method of *vitaṇḍā*. Kṛṣṇa to him is *corajārasikhāmaṇi* (crown of thieves and paramours) and *jagadatisandhātā* (deceiver of the world).⁵⁶ The section on Maharashtra is particularly damaging. Veṅkaṭādhvarin takes note of the compromises that the brāhmaṇas made with the Muslim rulers.⁵⁷