[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.s2.16 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c11.s2.16 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c11.s2.16 - **Language:** English ### [c11.s2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c11.s2.16) The emphasis in the new writings during 1850–1947 in Sanskrit was shifted to the presentation and the interpretation of history and contemporary society with a global perspective. Vasudev Sharma Latkar wrote the biography of Shahu Rajaram (1874–1922) in \*Śāhucaritam\* (1939). Madhusudan Tarkalankar wrote a grammar book of English in Sanskrit — \*Iṅglaiṇḍīyavyākaraṇasāraḥ\* (1835). Pt. Vinayak Bhatta in \*Aṅgrejacandrikā\* (Madras, 1801) and \*Itihāsatamomaṇiḥ\* produced books of history in the modern sense of the term. Attempts to create an understanding of European wisdom were made by the \*paṇḍits\*. One Sanskrit \*paṇḍit\* translated Bacon’s book under the title \*Bekanīyaśāstravyākhyānam\*. \*Principles of Human Knowledge\* by Burkley was translated under the title \*Jñānasiddhāntacandrikā\*; Locke’s \*Essays Concerning Human Understanding\* was translated under the title \*Mānavīyajñānaviṣayakaśāstram\*. Even the English missionaries started writing in Sanskrit for the propagation of Christianity. Rozario published a monograph on dialogue between a brāhmaṇa and a Catholic entitled \*Brāhmaṇaromanakaitholikasamvādaḥ\*. Ram Roy Basu vehemently criticized Hinduism in his \*Īśāīvivaraṇāmṛtam\* and \*Jñānodaya\*. Around two dozens of translations or adaptations of Bible came out during the nineteenth century. - [Previous: c11.s2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c11.s2.15) - [Next: c11.s2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c11.s2.17) - [Up: c11.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c11.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c11.s2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c11.s2.16) · Pramāṇa