[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.s5.13 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s5.13 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s5.13 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s5.13) The Sūtra texts are structured as quintessential of several prolonged discourses and discussions in search of certain specific queries. The word \*jijñāsā\* (inquiry) occurring in the very first aphorism of \*Brahmasūtra\* and \*Mīmāṁsāsūtra\* is suggestive of inherent questions and discussions. Jaimini used another term \*parīṣṭi\* (investigation) for a critical examination of diverse views on any issue.⁸⁵ In its prescriptive and descriptive forms, the Mīmāṁsā system appears to be least concerned with issues for debate. But even as a Sūtra text, it searches for the solutions of certain fundamental questions, whether \*vidhi\*, \*arthavāda\*, \*mantra\* and \*nāmadheya\* are \*pramāṇas\* or not in the first chapter of the \*Mīmāṁsāsūtra\*. - [Previous: c6.s5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s5.12) - [Next: c6.s5.t1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s5.t1.1) - [Up: c6.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s5) ## Cites (2) - [Mīmāṃsāsūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra) — Jaimini, Sanskrit - [Brahmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra-works.brahmasutra) — Bādarāyaṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s5.13) · Pramāṇa