Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c10.s2.15

c10.s2.15

Of these *udghātyaka* is an accidental interpretation, suggestive of the meaning of a sentence otherwise obscure. *Avaspandita* is a transferred significance, where the meaning is intrepretated otherwise. *Nālikā* is an enigmatic speech making fun of others. *Asatpralāpa* is a jittering in the form of an advice given to a fool who rejects it outright. *Vākkelī* is formed of repartees in course of a playful conversation. *Mṛdava* is advancing arguments for praise and condemnation, the intention being just opposite. It involves sarcasm. *Chala* is misrepresentation of a sentence in order to deceive another or to provoke him. *Trigata* has been discussed as one of the constituents of *prastāvanā* (prologue) of a play. *Adhibala* is strengthening an argument during the course of dialogue between two persons, each defending his own position through reasoning. *Gaṇḍa* is verbosity with anger and excitement in the form of altercation casting several aspersions.