[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.s1.26 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c7.s1.26 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c7.s1.26 - **Language:** English ### [c7.s1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s1.26) Rajeshwar Shastri says that when a \*kathā\* is being conducted in the form of a debate, both the participants should be of equal stature in erudition, otherwise the very purpose of \*kathā\* — dissemination of knowledge in a particular field — will be lost, and due to inequality of the debators, the juries may take a decision without the debate. - [Previous: c7.s1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s1.25) - [Next: c7.s1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s1.27) - [Up: c7.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s1.26) · Pramāṇa