[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.s3.6 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s3.6 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s3.6 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s3.6) Again, Kausalyā, wife of Janaka, the celebrated patron of philosophy seminars, raises a debate when her husband is ready to leave the royal palace for forest and become a mendicant. She calls the monks as parasites sucking the householders because of their vow of poverty and living on alms. - [Previous: c6.s3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s3.5) - [Next: c6.s3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s3.7) - [Up: c6.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s3) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s3.6) · Pramāṇa