[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) › c5.11 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.11) 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). - [Previous: c5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.10) - [Next: c5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.12) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.11) · Pramāṇa