[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.s3.1 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c10.s3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.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. - [Previous: c10.s2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.s2.16) - [Next: c10.s3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.s3.2) - [Up: c10.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.s3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.s3.1) · Pramāṇa