[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.s3.8 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c11.s3.8 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c11.s3.8 - **Language:** English ### [c11.s3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c11.s3.8) In this scenario, the idea of \*svarāj\* emerged as a dynamic conceptual framework. The prefix “sva” indicated the self and \*rāj\* got linked with the idea of freedom at political, social and psychological levels. After Shyamji Krishna Varma, the idea of \*svarāj\* was to unfold in Gandhi’s criticism of Spencer and liberation of the inner soul of man. \*Ātmano mokṣārthaṁ jagad hitāya ca\* (for one’s own liberation and for the welfare of the world) this saying of Vivekananda became a central principle of Subhas Chandra Bose. - [Previous: c11.s3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c11.s3.7) - [Next: c11.s3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c11.s3.9) - [Up: c11.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c11.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c11.s3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c11.s3.8) · Pramāṇa