Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c10.s3.1
Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c10.s3.1
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c10.s3.1
Alaṁkāraśāstra (literary theory) has especially adopted categories and concepts from the philosophy of *vāda*. *Vākovākya* a figure of speech defined by Bhoja comes as a direct reflection of the concept of *vāda* in poetics. As per Bhoja’s definition, *vākovākya* is formed by exchange of words between two or more persons by the way of strong assertions and repartees.¹⁴ Viśveśvara in his *Camatkāracandrikā* reproduces this definition.