[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) › c7.5 # 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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.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) - [Previous: c7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.4) - [Next: c7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.6) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.5) · Pramāṇa