[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.s17.4 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c11.s17.4 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c11.s17.4 - **Language:** English ### [c11.s17.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c11.s17.4) Pt. Badarinath Shukla (1898–1988) was an outstanding Naiyāyika of Kāśī. Known for his original works \*Ārambhavādaḥ\* and \*Śataślokī\* on Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika system, he had proposed a new concept of \*mokṣa\* in Nyāya philosophy by defining it as \*sukhātmaka\* (imbued with pleasure). He was first introduced to the world of modern philosophers perhaps in 1982 when Dayakrishna convened a seminar at Sārnāth on Nyāya philosophy. He created quite a sensation amongst the traditional \*paṇḍits\* as well as the modern scholars of philosophy by his presentation on \*nyāyaśāstrīyavicārapaddhatyā dehātmavādasambhāvanā\* (the possibility to accept body as self according to Nyāya methodology). The event raised a new debate. Pt. Shukla argued that \*ātman\* (the self) need not be accepted as an additional category, its purpose is served by the body and the mind only. He clearly had a vision of modern democratic values that have been emerging. - [Previous: c11.s17.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c11.s17.3) - [Next: c11.s17.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c11.s17.5) - [Up: c11.s17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c11.s17) ## Cites (1) - [Vaidyaśataślokī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.cikitsa.daksina.vaidyasatasloki) — Avadhāna Sarasvatī, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c11.s17.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c11.s17.4) · Pramāṇa