[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.s6.4 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s6.4 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s6.4 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s6.4) At the juncture of the third and fourth phases stands Al-Biruni, with his extraordinary hermeneutic awareness and masterly command over the textual material in Greek, Arabic and Sanskrit. He evaluated the knowledge systems of both the Greeks and Hindus from a perspective developed through the Islamic monotheism and failed to understand the pluralistic outlook in Indo-Greek cultures. He complains of the lack of scientific perfection in them. - [Previous: c6.s6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s6.3) - [Next: c6.s6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s6.5) - [Up: c6.s6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6.s6.4) · Pramāṇa