Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c11.s11.2
Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c11.s11.2
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Dayānand used the trics of *vāda* (*vāk-chala* and *jātis*) to build up a strategy for his reformist movement. Maulana Mohammad Kasim Nanotavi wrote to him a letter on 14 August 1878 pointing out the inconsistencies in his stands. At one stage he accepted the authority of twenty-one Śāstras and circulated their list. Another time he upheld the authority of only four Vedas. Swamiji replied to Maulana in the letter dated 15 August 1878 — “you should first understand the meaning of *śāstra*”.⁸¹