[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.s1.4 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.s1.4 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.s1.4 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s1.4) The dialogues involving heated discussions and rejoinders were called \*vākovākya\*. Yājñavalkya includes \*vākovākya\* in his list of subjects for study.¹⁴ A \*vākovākya\* is treated sometimes synonymous to \*brahmodya\*. K.F. Geldner “sees in the \*vākovākya\* as an essential part of the Itihāsa-Purāṇa, the dialogue or dramatic element as opposed to narrative portion”.¹⁵ - [Previous: c5.s1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s1.3) - [Next: c5.s1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s1.5) - [Up: c5.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s1.4) · Pramāṇa