[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.s9 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c10.s9: Vādas in Kāvya Literature Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c10.s9 - **Language:** English ### Vādas in Kāvya Literature ### [c10.s9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.s9.1) \*Vāda\* manifests in some of the hymns of \*Ṛgveda\*. The hymns related to dialogues of Purūravas and Urvaśī, Agastya and Lopāmudrā as well as Yama and Yamī are particularly characterized as debate on a particular issue. ### [c10.s9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.s9.2) \*Vāda\* traditions were captured through fascinating imageries, tales and episodes in the whole literary tradition of India. Besides the description of debates that actually occurred, the two great epics — \*Rāmāyaṇa\* and \*Mahābhārata\* — incorporate a number of debates and dialogues within the main theme of their story involving perennial questions on social, political, moral or ethical issues (see Chap. 2). ## Cites (3) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.s9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10.s9) · Pramāṇa