Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c7.5
Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c7.5
- Language
- English
c7.5
The flaws of expression:
• *Gurvarthasaṁyuktam* (verboseness),
• *Parāṅmukhasukham* (not easy to understand),
• *Anṛtam* (false),
• *Trivargeṇa viruddham* (flouting the human ends — *dharma*, *artha* and *kāma*)
• *Asaṁskṛtam* (uncultured/ungrammatical)
• *Nyūnam* (laconic),
• *Kaṣṭam* (full of strained phrases),
• *Vikramābhihataṁ* (full of words reflecting arrogance),
• *Śeṣam* (incomplete), and
• *Niṣkāraṇaṁ* (unreasonable)