[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) › c6.24 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.24 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.24 - **Language:** English ### [c6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.24) \*Brahmavāda\*, \*brahmavādin\* and \*brahmavādinī\* — these terms have been used in Vedic literature for the debaters and discussants.²⁰ Other key terms and concepts related to \*brahmodya\* are \*pṛcchā\* (inquiry) and \*vicikitsā\* (investigation). In \*Ṛgveda\* I.164, the seer makes \*pṛcchā\* to \*kavis\* (the knowledgeable ones) as to where does the ultimate end of this earth lie, and where does reside the \*paramavyoma\* (the ultimate space) of speech. - [Previous: c6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.23) - [Next: c6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.25) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.164) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.24) · Pramāṇa