[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.s2.5 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.s2.5 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.s2.5 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s2.5) It is interesting to note that voices of dissent were raised in the very tradition of Vedānta against the caste system. While Śaṅkara, Rāmānuja and even Madhva in their \*bhāṣyas\* agreed with the injunctions of Bādarāyaṇa in \*Apaśūdrādhikaraṇa\*²¹ on denying the knowledge of \*Brahman\* to the lower castes, Rāmānuja, Rāmānanda and several medieval saints, preaching their philosophy, stood against the caste system. - [Previous: c5.s2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s2.4) - [Next: c5.s2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s2.6) - [Up: c5.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s2) ## Cites (1) - [Brahmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra-works.brahmasutra) — Bādarāyaṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s2.5) · Pramāṇa