[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.s9.2 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.s9.2 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.s9.2 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s9.2) Dharmakīrti, a very serious Buddhist philosopher, displays a rare sense of subtle humour, when he chides his opponents — specially the orthodox Naiyāyikas. He then uses some of the finest proverbial expressions for mockery and satire. Here are some examples revealing Dharmakīrti as a philosopher who can also laugh and rejoice by the way of defeating the opponents in the battle of arguments. In the discussion of the causal property of \*svabhāva hetu\* (self-nature kind of probans) Dharmakīrti makes fun of his opponent for the view that a incapable cause is seen to produce its effect, by these remarks: - [Previous: c5.s9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s9.1) - [Next: c5.s9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s9.3) - [Up: c5.s9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s9.2) · Pramāṇa