Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c2.7

c2.7

Intellectual discourses in India have remained so much argumentative that most of the works written in Sanskrit under diverse knowledge systems are structured in the techniques of debate. This applies not only to philosophical writings but to works belonging to medical sciences (Āyurveda) or works related to the management of society and life like *Arthaśāstra* of Kauṭilya or *Kāmasūtra* of Vātsyāyana. There are texts that have been thoroughly structured through *vāda*.