[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) › c13.s2 # 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 - **Language:** English ### Dialogues and Discussions ### [c13.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c13.s2.1) • Dialogue between Sītā and Rāma in Daṇḍakāraṇya on the vulnerability of violence and practice of non-violence (pp. 55, 62-63). ### [c13.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c13.s2.2) • Kausalyā’s conversation with her husband Janaka on the question of action vs. asceticism (p. 68). ### [c13.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c13.s2.3) • Sītā’s conversation with Rāma on his disowning of her after Rāvaṇa is vanquished (pp. 63-65). ### [c13.s2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c13.s2.4) • Śvetaketu’s conversations with his wife Suvarcalā (pp. 52-53, 68) ### [c13.s2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c13.s2.5) • The \*saṁvāda\* between Kṛṣṇa and Nārada on various questions of diplomacy (p. 70). ### [c13.s2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c13.s2.6) • Viśvāmitra’s debate with a \*cāṇḍāla\* on \*dharma\* (p. 77). ### [c13.s2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c13.s2.7) • Yudhiṣṭhira asks Bhīṣma on the choice between violence and non-violence (p. 68). ### [c13.s2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c13.s2.8) • Yudhiṣṭhira’s dilemma on \*karma\* (action) and \*jñāna\* (knowledge) and his debate with Draupadī, Bhīma and others (p. 67). --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c13.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c13.s2) · Pramāṇa