[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) › c3 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c3: Contents Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c3 - **Language:** English ### Contents ### [c3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.1) \*Prologue\* ### [c3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.2) \*Acknowledgements\* ### [c3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.3) 1. The Nature of Vāda ### [c3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.4) Vāda, Saṁvāda and Vivāda ### [c3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.5) Vāda, Protests and Dissents ### [c3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.6) Reverting the Gaze ### [c3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.7) Concept of Sabhā ### [c3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.8) Appreciating a Conversation ### [c3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.9) Ethics of Debate ### [c3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.10) Violence of Speech ### [c3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.11) Sandhi: Agreement with Disagreements ### [c3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.12) Language and Stylistics ### [c3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.13) The Ego, Prides and Prejudices ### [c3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.14) Types of Debates, Dialogues and Discussions ### [c3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.15) Vāda as a Digvijaya ### [c3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.16) Vāda Internalized ### [c3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.17) Vāda in Texts ### [c3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.18) Texts on the Theory of Vāda ### [c3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.19) Manuals on Vāda ### [c3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.20) Documenting Vādas ### [c3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.21) History of Vāda ### [c3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.22) Genres ### [c3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.23) 2. A Brief History of Vāda ### [c3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.24) I. Mantra-kāla (The Age of Revelation) ### [c3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.25) Upaniṣadic Debates ### [c3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.26) Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Rāmāyaṇa ### [c3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.27) Debates in Mahābhārata ### [c3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.28) Nirukta as a Documentation of Debates ### [c3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.29) II. Tarka-kāla (The Age of Arguments) ### [c3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.30) The Continuance of Ānvīkṣikī Buddha's Dialectical Method of Discourse Mahāvīra and the Tradition of Debate Arthaśāstra as a Text of Debates Other Knowledge Texts Buddhist Councils, Debates and Split Kuṇḍalakeśī: The Lady Debater Milindapañho Aśvaghoṣa: His Debates with Buddhists and Non-Buddhists Debates within Buddhist Schools Debates between Buddhist Logicians and Naiyāyikas Debates within Orthodox Systems of Philosophy Debates between Buddhists and Naiyāyikas Vādas after Dharmakīrti Return of Cārvāka Debates on Philosophy of Language Śaṅkara's Conquests Udayana III. Vistāra-kāla (The Age of Diversification) Challenges to Śaṅkara's Advaitavāda Vādirāja Creating Bridge through Vāda The Reconciliation ### [c3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.31) 3. Vādaśāstra: The Theories of Debate, Dialogues and Discussions ### [c3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.32) Theory of Vāda in Mahābhārata Vāda and Nyāyadarśana Caraka on the Theory of Vāda Asaṅga on the Types of Vāda Debate on the Debate: Buddhist Critique of the Naiyāyika Codes for Conducting the Debate ### [c3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.33) 4. Vāda in Darśana: Philosophical Debates ### [c3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.34) Tussle between Action, Knowledge and Devotion Revisionism ### [c3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.35) Debates between Idealism and Materialism ### [c3.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.36) Critique of Cārvāka Philosophies ### [c3.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.37) Debates on the Nature of Reality ### [c3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.38) Debates on Scriptural Authority ### [c3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.39) Debates on the Theory of Knowledge ### [c3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.40) Debates on the Theory of Causality ### [c3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.41) Debates on the Absolute and God as Creator ### [c3.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.42) Debates on the Concept of Mokṣa ### [c3.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.43) 5. Vāda in Dharma: Socio-Political and Legal Debates ### [c3.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.44) Debates on Polity and Governance ### [c3.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.45) Vajrasūcī and the Debate on the Caste System ### [c3.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.46) Debates in Dharmaśāstras ### [c3.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.47) Debates on Rights of Women ### [c3.48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.48) Openness for Debate ### [c3.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.49) 6. Vāda in Literary Theory and Literature ### [c3.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.50) Nāṭyaśāstra as a Saṁvāda Text ### [c3.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.51) Vāda Reflected in the Conceptual Framework of Nāṭyaśāstra ### [c3.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.52) Concepts and Categories of Vāda in Literary Theory ### [c3.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.53) Major Debates in Literary Theory ### [c3.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.54) Kāvyamīmāṁsā as a Vāda Text ### [c3.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.55) Rasa Discourse: Debates and Diversities ### [c3.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.56) Debates on the Theory of Alaṁkāra ### [c3.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.57) Naṭāṅkuśa: A Vāda with the Cākyārs ### [c3.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.58) Vādas in Kāvya Literature ### [c3.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.59) Kālidāsa’s Kāvyas as Debates ### [c3.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.60) Bhavabhūti’s Plays as Vāda Texts ### [c3.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.61) Bṛhattrayī: As a Vāda Discourse ### [c3.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.62) Dhuttakkhāṇa (Dhūrtākhyāna): Debates by Rogues ### [c3.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.63) Āgamaḍambaraprahasana of Jayanta Bhaṭṭa ### [c3.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.64) Vāda in Kāvya and Kāvya in Vāda ### [c3.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.65) 7. Vāda in Modern Age ### [c3.66](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3.66) Debates on India’s Identity: Relocating Her Global Image The Role of the Paṇḍit: Vāda Reformulated The Shift in the Debates Orientalism Romantic Shifts in the Debate Theological and Religious Debates The Debates by Roy The Vilification and Its Aftermath Debates on Social Issues Debates of Arya Samaj Satyārthaprakāśa: A Text on Debate Question: So, shall the ladies study Veda then? Refutations of Satyārthaprakāśa and Rejoinders Dayānanda’s Debates on Public Platforms Ramabai The Śāstrārtha Continues Paramārthadarśanam Creating Hermeneutics The Dialogue Renewed \*Epilogue\* \*Appendix: Selected List of Vādas Referred in This Work\* \*Bibliography\* \*Index\* --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3) · Pramāṇa