[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.s13.3 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.s13.3 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.s13.3 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s13.3) \*Nyāyakusumāñjali\* of Udayana is a text on debate about the existence of God. At the outset of his brilliant exposition, Udayana proceeds with the basic premise that the existence of a God in some form or the other is accepted in all philosophical schools and faiths. Then what is the need for a debate? Udayana says that \*vāda\* on God after considerations of the doubts and counter-arguments will lead to \*manana\* (contemplation) and this \*manana\* will become an \*upāsanā\* (worship of God) for me.⁶⁹ - [Previous: c5.s13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s13.2) - [Next: c5.s14.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s14.1) - [Up: c5.s13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s13) ## Cites (1) - [Nyāyakusumāñjali](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.pracina.nyayakusumanjali) — Udayana, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s13.3) · Pramāṇa