Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c11.s16.1

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*Paramārthadarśanam* of Mahāmahopādhyāya Ramavatar Sharma (1887–1928), one of the most remarkable texts in the history of Indian philosophy and *vāda* tradition, came out in the first decade of the twentieth century. Surprisingly Wilhelm Halbfass who made a very exhaustive survey of recent philosophical works from India in his *India and Europe* nowhere mentions *Paramārthadarśanam* nor does he take any notice of great *paṇḍits* like Ramavatar Sharma. G.C. Pande calls Ramavatar Sharma “an original critical and modern philosopher” who “certainly produced a new and original system of philosophy which in part developed through the criticism and interpretation of traditional Indian schools. In this sense perhaps the system can be called a new Indian system.”¹¹⁰ (Wilhelm Halbfass is also not referring to G.C. Pande also, who raised fresh questions in Indian philosophy and aesthetics through his works like *Bhakridarśanavimarśaḥ* and *Saundaryadarśanavimarśaḥ*.)