[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.s6.9 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.s6.9 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.s6.9 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s6.9) Yājñavalkya in his law book gives a list of persons with whom no debate should be taken up. The list includes parents, guests, brothers, married ladies, in-laws, maternal uncle, an old man (above seventy according to Vijñāneśvara), a child, a patient, an \*ācārya\* (who has given initiation by sacred thread, according to Vijñāneśvara), a \*vaidya\* (physician), those who are dependents (for their livelihood), relatives (belonging to both the father's and mother's side), \*ṛtvik\* (the priest), \*purohita\* (the person who performs rituals), sons, daughters, wife, servants and real brothers.³³ - [Previous: c5.s6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s6.8) - [Next: c5.s6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s6.10) - [Up: c5.s6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s6.9) · Pramāṇa