[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.s4.2 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s4.2 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s4.2 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s4.2) Kautsa’s denial of a semantic status to Veda was met with a strong rebuttal not only from Yāska but from philosophers like Jaimini, Śabara and Sāyaṇa. In \*Mīmāṁsāsūtra\* I.1, Jaimini raises a question — does the study of Veda include only its memorization or learning it with the meanings of \*mantras\* also? He then argues in favour of the second option. Pāraskara in his \*Gṛhyasūtram\* has defined Veda having three functions: \*vidhi\* (injunction), \*vidheya\* (application) and \*tarka\* (argument). - [Previous: c6.s4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s4.1) - [Next: c6.s5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s5.1) - [Up: c6.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s4) ## Cites (2) - [Mīmāṃsāsūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra) — Jaimini, Sanskrit - [Pāraskaragṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara) — Pāraskara, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s4.2) · Pramāṇa