Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.s14.2

c5.s14.2

In fact, during the past two millennia, all adherents of the orthodox or the non-orthodox Indian philosophical systems confronted their rival systems, attacked them by sharp weapon of arguments and reasoned against them in their texts. On the other hand some authors specially wrote texts in refutation. *Tattvopaplavasimha* of Jayarāśibhaṭṭa (eighth century CE) is a marvellous exercise in *vitaṇḍā* (cavil). *Khaṇḍanakhaṇḍakhādya* of Śrīharṣa (twelfth century CE) also employs all the tactics of *vitaṇḍā*. Śrīharṣa demolishes all the theories with a view to uphold Advaita Vedānta. Some of the texts of Jaina tradition of *khaṇḍana* have been discussed by Muni Sukhalalji Sanghavi,⁷⁰ viz. *Syādvādaratnākara* of Devasūrin and *Jalpakalpalatā* of Ratnamaṇḍana.