[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) › c7.10 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c7.10 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c7.10 - **Language:** English ### [c7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.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). - [Previous: c7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.9) - [Next: c7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.11) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.10) · Pramāṇa