[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) › c7.3 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c7.3 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c7.3 - **Language:** English ### [c7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.3) THE profundity of the debates in the areas of philosophy, \*dharma\* (ethics and law) and Āyurveda, etc. led to the theoretical discussion on \*vāda\*, and a conceptual universe of Vādaśāstra was thus created. A theoretical framework on the art of debates had been evolved in the Vedic period. Besides documenting some of the most profound debates in their times, the Vedic texts also present a few technical terms and key concepts related to this discipline. The terms like \*yukti\*, \*tarka\*, \*smṛti\*, \*pratyakṣa\*, and \*aitihya\* are used in the Brāhmaṇas, Āraṇyakas and Upaniṣads.¹ - [Previous: c7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.1) - [Next: c7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.4) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.3) · Pramāṇa