[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.s2.21 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s2.21 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s2.21 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s2.21) The problem with invoking the \*Rāmāyaṇa\* to propagate a reductionist account of Hindu religiosity lies in the way the epic is deployed for this purpose — as a document of supernatural veracity, rather than a “marvellous parable” (as Rabindranath Tagore) describes it and a widely enjoyed part of India’s cultural heritage.45 - [Previous: c6.s2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s2.20) - [Next: c6.s2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s2.22) - [Up: c6.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s2.21) · Pramāṇa