[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.s3.2 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c10.s3.2 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c10.s3.2 - **Language:** English ### [c10.s3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.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). - [Previous: c10.s3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.s3.1) - [Next: c10.s3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.s3.3) - [Up: c10.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.s3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.s3.2) · Pramāṇa