Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s5.10

c6.s5.10

Rājaśekhara, a well-known poet, dramatist and rhetorician of tenth century CE, enumerates six philosophical systems as Ānvīkṣikī, all of them being argumentative. Out of these, Buddhism, Jainism and Cārvāka system form the prima facie view, and Sāṁkhya, Nyāya and Vaiśeṣika belong to the *uttara-pakṣa* (the theory to be accepted). These six systems utilize the techniques of debate — *vāda*, *jalpa* and *vitaṇḍā*.⁸⁴