[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) › c6.19 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.19 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.19 - **Language:** English ### [c6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.19) In another interesting \*brahmodya\* described in \*Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa\* XI.4, Uddālaka Āruṇi, a resident of Kurupāñcāla country is confronted by the brāhmaṇas of north with several complicated questions related to the performance of the ritual of Darśapūrṇamāsa sacrifice. The \*yājamāna\* had chosen Uddālaka Āruṇi as a priest for the sacrifice and had placed a \*niṣka\* (coin) in his honour. Unable to resolve the riddles of the brāhmaṇas, Uddālaka placed the \*niṣka\* offered to him before one Svedāyana, telling that being more knowledgeable, he deserves the coin. The ceremony of the \*yajña\* being over, Uddālaka went to Svedāyana to learn the answers of the questions asked to him. - [Previous: c6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.18) - [Next: c6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.20) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6) ## Linked texts (1) - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.11.4) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.19) · Pramāṇa