[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.s5.6 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s5.6 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s5.6 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s5.6) \*Brahmasūtra\* of Bādarāyaṇa, \*Mīmāṁsāsūtra\* of Jaimini, \*Sāṁkhyasūtra\* of Kapila, \*Yogasūtra\* of Patañjali, \*Nyāyasūtra\* of Gautama and \*Vaiśeṣikasūtra\* of Kaṇāda were composed in the BCE era. These herald the beginning of six systems of orthodox philosophy — all of them accepting the Veda as authority. Of these, Vedānta alone is pure idealist, Sāṁkhya and Yoga are realists but have leanings towards idealism; remaining systems of the orthodox philosophy are all realists. - [Previous: c6.s5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s5.5) - [Next: c6.s5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s5.7) - [Up: c6.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s5) ## Cites (6) - [Mīmāṃsāsūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra) — Jaimini, Sanskrit - [Sāṃkhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.samkhya.samkhyasutra) — Kapila, Sanskrit - [Nyāyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.pracina.nyayasutra) — Akṣapāda Gautama, Sanskrit - [Brahmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra-works.brahmasutra) — Bādarāyaṇa, Sanskrit - [Vaiśeṣikasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vaisesika.vaisesikasutra) — Kaṇāda, Sanskrit - [Yogasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.yoga.yogasutra) — Patañjali (author of the Yogasūtra), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s5.6) · Pramāṇa