[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.s7.7 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.s7.7 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.s7.7 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s7.7) The citizen attains utmost honour in the community by carrying on discussion (on poetry and art) neither very much through Sanskrit nor very much through \*deśabhāṣā\* (regional language). A wise man should not join circles (\*goṣṭhīs\*) not liked by the community, and carried on arbitrarily, and which are violent to others. The learned man attains success in the world by joining a circle which is run in accordance with the notions of the community, and which is essentially sportive in nature.⁴³ - [Previous: c5.s7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s7.6) - [Next: c5.s7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s7.8) - [Up: c5.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s7.7) · Pramāṇa