[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.s1.7 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c7.s1.7 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c7.s1.7 - **Language:** English ### [c7.s1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s1.7) The enunciation of any \*anumāna\* is not complete without the five \*avayavas\*, and in the very first aphorism of his \*Nyāyasūtra\*, Gautama says that the forms of debate are initiated through the five \*avayavas\* and the system of thought in Nyāya rests on debates. - [Previous: c7.s1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s1.6) - [Next: c7.s1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s1.8) - [Up: c7.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s1) ## Cites (1) - [Nyāyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.pracina.nyayasutra) — Akṣapāda Gautama, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s1.7) · Pramāṇa