[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.s8.4 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c10.s8.4 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c10.s8.4 - **Language:** English ### [c10.s8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.s8.4) \*Naṭāṅkuśa\* is one of the most damaging, satirical and provoking texts in debate. It is a deconstruction of a very developed theatre form through a kind of bombardment of Śāstric knowledge as well as narrow ethical considerations of purity. The author is aware of the popularity of \*kūṭiyāṭṭam\* theatre and also of the fact that his efforts to convince the actors are going to be wasted. He says: - [Previous: c10.s8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.s8.3) - [Next: c10.s8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.s8.5) - [Up: c10.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.s8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.s8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.s8.4) · Pramāṇa