Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c10.s6.1

c10.s6.1

There has been the continuity of a vigorous *bauddhika-vimarda* (intellectual wrestling) with regard to *rasa* discourse. Two factors functioned as catalysts for intensifying the debates on *rasa*. On one hand the diverse world-views that have been developing as parallels percolated in the *rasa* discourse; on the other, *rasa* discourse was also being nurtured by adopting categories and concepts from various systems of philosophy.