[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.s19.12 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.s19.12 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.s19.12 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s19.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s19.12) ⁶ The term \*nyāya\* was also adopted by Gautama from the social institutions that preferred reasoning. Yājñavalkya says that in case of divergence of opinions or difference in prescriptions, decision should be taken by \*nyāya\*. \*Nyāya\* here comprises three facets — the practices of the elders who are reliable, the prevalence and the precedence. - [Previous: c5.s19.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s19.11) - [Next: c5.s19.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s19.13) - [Up: c5.s19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s19) ## Linked texts (1) - [Nyāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s19.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s19.12) · Pramāṇa