Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c11.s10.2

c11.s10.2

Gurudatta Vidyarthi became a flag holder for the reformist movement of Arya Samaj. He was a think-tank for the tirade against the European Sanskrit scholars — Muir, Max Müller and Monier-Williams. He studied in Government College at Lahore and later on became Professor of Science in the same institution. In his essay “The Terminology of Veda and European Scholars” published in *Vedic Magazine* in 1889, he pointed out the deficiencies of European scholars in their understanding of Veda and their lack of knowledge of Vedāṅgas.