Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c10.s3.2

c10.s3.2

There are *alaṁkāras* (figures of speech) based on the *pramāṇas* (means of knowledge). Bhoja in his *Śṛṅgāraprakāśa* has given a very profound and subtle treatment of *pramāṇālaṁkāras*. Other *alaṁkāras* based on the techniques of logic (*vāda*) are *kāvyaliṅga* (also called *hetu*), *kāraṇamālā* (series of causes), *uttara* (reply) and *asaṅgati* (incongruity).