Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c10.s4.3
Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c10.s4.3
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c10.s4.3
In the realm of *rasa* discourse, Śaṅkuka and Mahima Bhaṭṭa were devout Naiyāyikas and also Ālaṁkārikas (literary critics) who understood *rasa* experience as inference. They applied the logical apparatus of inference (*anumāna*) to prove that the realization of *rasa* is *anumiti*. The Anumitivādin proves to be the most potential challenge for the Vyañjanāvāda (the theory of suggestion). Mahima Bhaṭṭa’s *Vyaktiviveka* is a text in refutation to *dhvani*.