[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) › c2.13 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c2.13 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c2.13 - **Language:** English ### [c2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c2.13) The \*vāda\* traditions have not simply subsisted on refutation. They evolved methods for critiques of reasoning. Each system established its uniqueness through \*vāda\*. Prashant Dave rightly pointed out during the discussions with the present author that \*vāda\* led to revitalizing each theory, and each system got further developed by undergoing a series of \*vāda\*s with other systems. In fact, history of Indian philosophy should be rewritten from the point of view of \*vāda\* which led to culling out the essentialities of a system and assumption of its precise nature.⁶ \*Vādas\* were taken up to reinvigorate a thought system and also to sharpen one’s own intellect. Mahima Bhaṭṭa, a logician wanted to prove the applicability of \*anumiti\* in the field of \*belless lettress\* and for this he composed an extensive text — \*Vyaktiviveka\* — with a twofold purpose, i.e. to establish the theory of poetic inference (\*kāvyānumiti\*) and also to earn instant recognition by the way of posing a potent challenge to as great a stalwart as Ānandavardhana.⁷ Texts such as \*Vyaktiviveka\* are created in deep structures of agreement with surface structures in sharp disagreements. - [Previous: c2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c2.12) - [Next: c2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c2.14) - [Up: c2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c2) ## Linked texts (1) - [Vyaktiviveka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.dhvani.vyaktiviveka) — Mahimabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c2.13) · Pramāṇa