[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.s10.2 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c11.s10.2 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c11.s10.2 - **Language:** English ### [c11.s10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.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. - [Previous: c11.s10.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c11.s10.1) - [Next: c11.s11.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c11.s11.1) - [Up: c11.s10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c11.s10) ## Cites (1) - [Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c11.s10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c11.s10.2) · Pramāṇa