[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) › c6.10 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.10 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.10 - **Language:** English ### [c6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.10) The very existence of Indra, the supreme deity is questioned by some.⁷ There are hymns in which perennial questions regarding life and destiny are raised.⁸ In the hymn on the creation of \*Ṛgveda\*, the seer dares to say that gods do not know how this creation came out, and even if there is a Supreme Being who presides over this creation, we are not sure whether he knows or knows not as to how this creation proceeded. There is \*vāda\* going on within the poet-seer. - [Previous: c6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.9) - [Next: c6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.11) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.10) · Pramāṇa