Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.11
Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.11
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In some of the orthodox Indian philosophies where the Word was viewed as the world, and the Ultimate Reality (*Brahman*) as well, *vāda* assumed utmost importance. Proper employment of words is equated to spiritual pursuit and would emancipate. *Ānvīkṣikī*, the earliest form of Indian logic, subsisted in *vāda*. It was an amalgam of three philosophies — Sāṁkhya, Yoga and Cārvāka. In fact, *Ānvīkṣikī* is the science of reviewing. Kauṭilya therefore holds that *ānvīkṣikī* reviews and investigates upon the contents of the other three disciplines (see Chap. 2).