Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s5.t14.2
Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s5.t14.2
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c6.s5.t14.2
Vijñānavāda to him was *mugdha-vilasita* (fancy of fools).¹²⁸ The Naiyāyikas were described by him as animals (p. 14), fools or childish (pp. 29, 32). Since even *pratyakṣa* (perception) is invalid, there is no scope for holding the other *pramāṇas* like *anumāna*, etc. The theory of Anekānta is also negated. All the concepts of *mokṣa* (liberation) are in same way demolished. On the other hand, he cited Bṛhaspati with respect adding the appellation *Bhagavān* before his name.¹²⁹