[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.s12.4 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.s12.4 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.s12.4 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s12.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.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 - [Previous: c5.s12.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s12.3) - [Next: c5.s13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s13.1) - [Up: c5.s12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s12.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s12.4) · Pramāṇa