[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) › c6.25 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.25 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.25 - **Language:** English ### [c6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.25) \*Kavi\* (poet), \*vipra\* (scholar) and \*ṛṣi\* (seer) are the titles given to the learned and gifted with vision. Assemblies were held to identify such poets, seers and scholars. They were called \*vidatha\*.²¹ - [Previous: c6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.24) - [Next: c6.s1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s1.1) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.25) · Pramāṇa