Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s6.3
Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s6.3
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c6.s6.3
Scholastic debates were fiercely conducted for the propagation of religious order. Jñānasambandhar, a Naynār and a Śaiva saint, is said to have defeated the Jainas in a public debate and converted Pāṇḍya rulers of Mathurā.¹⁵²