Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.s12.4

c5.s12.4

That *sādhana* (army, the probans in the debate) alone leads to success (victory of the warrior/debater) which has the *sādhya* (aim, probandum), established, which has *anvaya* (unity, perfection in five-member syllogism), which has *sapakṣa* (supporters, thesis case/homologue), and is turned away from *vipakṣa* (the rival armies, dissimilar case/heterologue). By accepting a *sādhya* which is common to both and is opposite to the *pakṣa* (armies revolting, thesis case, i.e. which is fallacious) a king will be routed like a disputant in a debate.⁶⁷