[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.s2.3 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c10.s2.3 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c10.s2.3 - **Language:** English ### [c10.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.s2.3) In his treatment of thirty-six \*kāvya lakṣaṇas\* (characteristics of a literary discourse), Bharata Muni has incorporated some of the categories related to \*vāda\*. \*Dṛṣṭānta\* is one of the \*kāvya-lakṣaṇas\*. An illustration which comes in attestation to the context of \*pakṣa\* exemplifying the (cause \*hetu\*) is \*dṛṣṭānta\*.⁶ This is an application of one of the techniques of debate as given in \*Nyāyadarśana\*. - [Previous: c10.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.s2.2) - [Next: c10.s2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.s2.4) - [Up: c10.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.s2) ## Cites (1) - [Nāṭyaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.bharata.natyasastra) — Bharata, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.s2.3) · Pramāṇa