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Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s5.t7.2

Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s5.t7.2

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c6.s5.t7.2

He first asked monk Nāgasena — “Bhante Nāgasena! will you enter into *saddhi* (debate) with me?” Nāgasena said — “If you want to have Paṇḍitavāda with me, I will talk to you, but if you want to have Rājavāda with me I will not talk to you.” Asked about the difference between Paṇḍitavāda and Rājavāda, Nāgasena says: