Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c12.8

c12.8

Bhagwan Das, one of the modern Indian philosophers, had emphasized the need to understand the idea of *svarāj* in the context of social, moral and organizational frameworks. Ambikadatta Sharma rightly suggests that Bhattacharyya's postulations should be considered in the context of the hermeneutics of the idea of *svarāj* presented by Bhagwan Das (1869–1958) and R.D. Ranade (1886–1957) as well as its linkage with Vedic concept of *svarāñjyam* and *vairājyam*.