Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c7.10

c7.10

During the course of a discussions in the assembly of intellectuals, the statements made by the interlocutors should reflect the five qualities — *saukṣmya* (minuteness), *sāṁkhya* (enumeration of qualities and blemishes), *krama* (order), *nirṇaya* (conclusion) and *prayojana* (purpose, motif). The arrangement of the contents in a statement justifying the sequence of their occurrence is *krama* (order). *Nirṇaya* (conclusion) relates to the goals of human life. The inclination to control the confluence of sorrows caused by desire and jealousy is *prayojana* (motif).