Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.13
Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.13
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The Ānvīkṣikī is divided into two parts — *pūrva-pakṣa* (the prima facie view) and *uttara-pakṣa* (the rejoinder). Buddhism, Jainism and Cārvāka philosophies are included in *pūrva-pakṣa* and Sāṁkhya as well as Nyāya and Vaiśeṣika in *uttara-pakṣa*. Taken together, they form six argumentative systems.⁵