[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) › c5.14 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.14 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.14 - **Language:** English ### [c5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.14) Ānvīkṣikī or Nyāya⁶ has been singularly devoted to arguments and logic. Vijñāneśvara in his \*Mitākṣarā\* commentary on \*Yājñavalkyasmṛti\* (I.3) defines Nyāya as \*tarkavidyā\* (the system of learning based on arguments). But the tradition of \*Nyāyadarśana\* does not simply regard this \*darśana\* confined to logic and arguments only. It has been defined as a Pramāṇaśāstra as well as \*adhyātmavidyā\* both. Rightly does Udayana, one of the greatest Naiyāyikas or experts in \*Nyāyadarśana\*, give the title to his magnum opus as \*Ātmatattvaviveka\* (true knowledge of the Self) even though his treatise is mainly devoted to \*vāda\* (debate) with Buddhists. - [Previous: c5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.13) - [Next: c5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.15) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5) ## Linked texts (2) - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit - [Ātmatattvaviveka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.atmatattvaviveka) — Udayana, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.14) · Pramāṇa