Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c7.s1.23

c7.s1.23

• *Kathāviśeṣavyavasthā* — arrangements for special types of debates.
• *Vādiprativādiniyama* — rules for the opponent (*vādī*) and respondent (*prativādī*).
• *Sadasi anuvidheyasaṃvaraṇa* — codes of conduct for the juries defining scopes for their interference and maintaining restraint by both the head of assembly (*sabhā*) and the juries.
• *Nigrahasthānasāmastya* — deciding the clinchers.
• *Asāmastyodbhāvanapratijñāna* — ascertaining the extent to which the clinchers have been completely/incompletely pointed out.
• *Kathāparyavasānasaṁvittiḥ* — regulating the debate for winding up.