[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.s5.7 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s5.7 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s5.7 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s5.7) Of these, the Sāṁkhya system is one of the oldest and has remained a potential challenge in the debate for all other systems except the Yoga. Kapila, its proponent, was of the earliest of non-conformists. He stood against the rituals. \*Baudhāyana\* II.vi.30 says that before Kapila there were three \*āśramas\* — \*brahmacarya\*, \*gṛhastha\* and \*vānaprastha\*. Kapila introduced the fourth — the \*saṁnyāsa\*. The order of Kapila was accepted by Āsuri of \*asura\* descent. - [Previous: c6.s5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s5.6) - [Next: c6.s5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s5.8) - [Up: c6.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s5) ## Cites (1) - [Baudhāyanaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.baudhayana-school.baudhayana.2.6) — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s5.7) · Pramāṇa