Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s5.t3.8

c6.s5.t3.8

In fact, Kauṭilya has employed all these thirty-two *tantra-yuktis* to make his voluminous compendium a subtle text in *vāda*. At the very outset of *Arthaśāstra*, he has used the first four of the above *tantra-yuktis* by the way of giving a complete outline of the whole text. On each and every topic, he takes into account all the *pūrva-pakṣas* (the prima facie views), then the *uttara-pakṣa* (rejoinder) together with *ekānta*. Along with these, he discusses the facts, gives copious references and illustrations, agreements and disagreements, contrarieties, resume, summing up, etc. References to previous portions and the alternatives are provided, and implications are specified.