[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.s5.6 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.s5.6 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.s5.6 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s5.6) In fact, Yudhiṣṭhira in his praise uses the exact terms from Nyāya philosophy to bring out the force of Bhīma’s argumentative discourse — \*upapatti\*, \*āgama\*, \*anumāna\* (inference), \*āśaya\* (implication), etc. “The \*āgama\* was not mutilated by the deliberate use of \*anumāna\* in your speech” — he says (II.28). The commentators understand \*āgama\* as \*nīti\* (good policy) only. However, \*āgama\* has a wider connotation in Bhāravi’s treatment of the qualities of good discourse. It is a paradigm for life. - [Previous: c5.s5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s5.5) - [Next: c5.s5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s5.7) - [Up: c5.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s5) ## Cites (1) - [Kirātārjunīya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.bharata.kiratarjuniya.2.28) — Bhāravi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s5.6) · Pramāṇa