Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c11.s12.5

c11.s12.5

The magnum opus of Umapati Dwivedi, *Sanātanadharmoddhāraḥ* is an answer to Dayananda's *Satyārthaprakāśa*. Divided into several sections and running in more than 1,500 pages, the second part of the first volume of *Sanātanadharmoddhāraḥ* refutes the view of Naiyāyikas who do not believe in *svataḥ prāmāṇya* of Veda, and seventy-four pages are devoted under *kṣudropadravavidrāvaṇaprakaraṇa* (a chapter on repealing the mischief of petty people) the views of Weber and Max Müller are criticized. Around 200 pages are devoted to an encounter with Dayananda and his views on Veda.⁹⁴ Another voluminous work of similar nature is *Mahāmohavidrāvaṇa* (A Repealing of the Illusions) against the views of Dayananda by Vedantacharya Mohanlal was published in 1883. Pt. Giridhar Sharma Chaturvedi was supposed to be another apostle standing to stall Dyananda's movement through debates.