[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) › c11.5 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c11.5 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c11.5 - **Language:** English ### [c11.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c11.5) The translations of \*Gītā\* by Charles Wilkins and \*Abhijñānaśākuntala\* by Sir William Jones strengthened the spirit of renaissance and awareness of world civilizations. \*Gītā\* was the first work directly translated from Sanskrit into English by Wilkins, followed by William Jones' translation of \*Manusmṛti\* under the title \*Law Book of Manu\* published in 1794 and \*Hitopadeśa\*, again by Wilkins (1795). - [Previous: c11.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c11.4) - [Next: c11.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c11.6) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c11) ## Cites (4) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Hitopadeśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.pancatantra-works.hitopadesa) — Nārāyaṇa, Sanskrit - [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Abhijñānaśākuntala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala) — Kālidāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c11.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c11.5) · Pramāṇa