[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) › c2.2 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c2.2 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c2.2 - **Language:** English ### [c2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c2.2) \*Vāda\* subsists on diversity. No \*vāda\* is possible if there is only one point of view. Also, \*vāda\* does not happen in singularity, it always is a prerequisite to the other and mostly promotes the presence of many others. India’s history of ideas and debates presents a multilinear view. The tradition of \*vāda\* envisages pluralism. The learned editors of \*Isibhāsiyāin\*, a neglected work, but immensely valuable for understanding the Indian \*vāda\*, tell us that during the days of Mahāvīra there were as many as 363 theories discussed under four well-known sects. \*Vāda\* vitalized intellectual life and the seers, monks and intellectuals residing in the \*āśramas\*, \*vihāras\* and \*saṁghas\*. - [Previous: c2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c2.1) - [Next: c2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c2.3) - [Up: c2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c2.2) · Pramāṇa