[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.s2.15 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c10.s2.15 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c10.s2.15 - **Language:** English ### [c10.s2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.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. - [Previous: c10.s2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.s2.14) - [Next: c10.s2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.s2.16) - [Up: c10.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.s2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.s2.15) · Pramāṇa