[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.s2.20 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.s2.20 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.s2.20 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s2.20) So much importance was attached to \*vāda\* that Kṛṣṇa while enumerating his glorious forms (\*vibhūtis\*) describes \*vāda\* as one of his \*vibhūtis\*: \*vādaḥ pravadatām aham\* (\*Gītā\* X.32) — I am \*vāda\* amongst the disputants. Śaṅkarācārya in his \*Bhāṣya\* talks about \*pravadatām\* as implying three forms of \*kathā\* (discussion) — \*vāda\*, \*jalpa\* and \*vitaṇḍā\*. Amongst these, \*vāda\* is the best as it leads to the truth. - [Previous: c5.s2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s2.19) - [Next: c5.s2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s2.21) - [Up: c5.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s2) ## Cites (1) - [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.10.32) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s2.20) · Pramāṇa