[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.s3.2 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s3.2 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s3.2 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s3.2) Techniques of \*vāda\* had systematically been developed when this great epic was being compiled. Vyāsa, delivering a discourse on governance before Yudhiṣṭhira and other Pāṇḍavas, recommends that the king should employ ministers who are well-versed in Tarkaśāstra (logic). He also emphasizes over the need for inculcating the Tarkaśātra in life.⁵⁵ Ānvīkṣikī is actually mentioned here in the enumeration of the four branches of learning.⁵⁶ There is a reference to \*pañcāvayava-vākya\* (five-member syllogism), which is essential for carrying out a debate as per the methodology laid down in \*Nyāyadarśana\*.⁵⁷ \*Mahābhārata\* also refers to four \*pramāṇas\*⁵⁸ and scholars especially adept in the virtues and flaws of \*pañcāvayava-vākya\*.⁵⁹ - [Previous: c6.s3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s3.1) - [Next: c6.s3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s3.3) - [Up: c6.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s3) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s3.2) · Pramāṇa