[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.s2.4 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c10.s2.4 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c10.s2.4 - **Language:** English ### [c10.s2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.s2.4) In fact, the practice of \*dṛṣṭānta\* — exemplification of a philosophical discourse or argument by an illustration involving an episode — is very old. In Buddhism, a dārṣṭāntic sect, known for giving \*dṛṣṭāntas\* (illustrations) developed along with the four well-known sects (Sautrāntika, Vaibhāṣika, etc.). However, the idea of \*dṛṣṭānta\* as a \*kāvya lakṣaṇa\* in \*Nāṭyaśāstra\* has been directly borrowed from \*Nyāyadarśana\* as the use of terms \*hetu\* and \*pakṣa\* clearly suggests. - [Previous: c10.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.s2.3) - [Next: c10.s2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.s2.5) - [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.s2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.s2.4) · Pramāṇa