[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.s19.2 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.s19.2 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.s19.2 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s19.2) Rājaśekhara (tenth century CE) rightly views a \*śāstra\* as the flow of rivers, which at its source appears in a subtle form, but assumes multifarious proportions and multiple streams.⁸² - [Previous: c5.s19.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s19.1) - [Next: c5.s19.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s19.3) - [Up: c5.s19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s19.2) · Pramāṇa