[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.s16 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.s16: Manuals on Vāda Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.s16 - **Language:** English ### Manuals on Vāda ### [c5.s16.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s16.1) Some of the texts cited here were written for a dual purpose, i.e. they deal with the theory of \*vāda\* and also aim at teaching the novices how to carry on a \*vāda\*. In \*Khaṇḍanakhaṇḍakhādya\* Śrīharṣa not only demolishes all the theories with a view to uphold Advaita Vedānta, he also visualizes his text as a manual for training in debate. He claims that even if the novices aspiring to learn the skills of \*vāda\* memorize some of the clichés as given in this text, they can confound the opponents in the debate.⁷⁷ He advises such aspirants to memorize the expressions and arguments from his texts and repeat them in the debate like a parrot. In Jaina tradition, texts like \*Vādadvātriṁśikā\*, \*Syādvādaratnākara\* of Devasūrin and \*Syādvādamañjarī\* are also manuals for the practitioners of \*vāda\*. \*Hetuviḍambanopāya\* displays skills in the employment of \*hetu\* (cause) as per the theory of \*anumāna\* for defeating an adversary in arguments. The methods for refutation as adopted by authors like Jayarāśi actually served as guidelines for later authors aspiring to contest with their opponents.⁷⁸ ## Cites (3) - [Syādvādamañjarī (Hariṣeṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga.phil.nyaya.anekanta.syadvadamanjari-harisena) — Hariṣeṇa, Sanskrit - [Syādvādaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.anuyoga.phil.nyaya.pramana.pramananayatattvaloka!syadvadaratnakara*motilal) — Sanskrit - [Khaṇḍanakhaṇḍakhādya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.vada.prasthanatrayi-khandana.khandanakhandakhadya) — Śrīharṣa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s16) · Pramāṇa