[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.s19.50 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.s19.50 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.s19.50 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s19.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s19.50) ⁴³ नात्यन्तं संस्कृतेनैव नात्यन्तं देशभाषया। कथां गोष्ठीसु कथयंल्लोके बहुमतो भवेत्। या गोष्ठी लोकविद्विष्टा या च स्वैरविसर्पिणी। परहिंसात्मिका या च न तामवतरेद् बुधः।। लोकचित्तानुवर्तिन्या क्रीडामात्रैककार्या। गोष्ठ्या सहचरन् विद्वांल्लोके सिद्धिं नियच्छति ।। — \*Kāmasūtra\* I.IV.37-39 - [Previous: c5.s19.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s19.49) - [Next: c5.s19.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s19.51) - [Up: c5.s19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s19) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.vatsyayana) — Vātsyāyana Mallanāga, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s19.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s19.50) · Pramāṇa