Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c13.s2: Dialogues and Discussions

Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c13.s2

• Dialogue between Sītā and Rāma in Daṇḍakāraṇya on the vulnerability of violence and practice of non-violence (pp. 55, 62-63).

• Kausalyā’s conversation with her husband Janaka on the question of action vs. asceticism (p. 68).

• Sītā’s conversation with Rāma on his disowning of her after Rāvaṇa is vanquished (pp. 63-65).

• Śvetaketu’s conversations with his wife Suvarcalā (pp. 52-53, 68)

• The *saṁvāda* between Kṛṣṇa and Nārada on various questions of diplomacy (p. 70).

• Viśvāmitra’s debate with a *cāṇḍāla* on *dharma* (p. 77).

• Yudhiṣṭhira asks Bhīṣma on the choice between violence and non-violence (p. 68).

• Yudhiṣṭhira’s dilemma on *karma* (action) and *jñāna* (knowledge) and his debate with Draupadī, Bhīma and others (p. 67).