[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) › c5.18 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.18 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.18 - **Language:** English ### [c5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.18) The practice of debating percolated various levels of Indian social life. Royal courts, assemblies of \*paṇḍits\* and even marriages⁹ provided occasions for debates on issues pertaining to philosophy, ethics, polity, etc. - [Previous: c5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.17) - [Next: c5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.19) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.18) · Pramāṇa