[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.s3.27 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s3.27 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s3.27 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s3.27) An assembly not attended by the elders is not a proper assembly for the debate and men who do not speak \*dharma\* are not elders. The \*dharma\* without truth is not \*dharma\*, and the truth imbued with deception is not truth.⁶⁹ - [Previous: c6.s3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s3.26) - [Next: c6.s3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s3.28) - [Up: c6.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s3.27) · Pramāṇa