[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.s2.19 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c7.s2.19 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c7.s2.19 - **Language:** English ### [c7.s2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s2.19) Six out of this whole gamut — \*dravya\*, \*guṇa\*, \*karma\*, \*sāmānya\*, \*viśeṣa\* and \*samavāya\* — relate to universal categories of Vaiśeṣika philosophy and Caraka has described them at the very outset of his text (in Sūtrasthāna) in the context of the cosmogony.⁴⁹ - [Previous: c7.s2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s2.18) - [Next: c7.s2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s2.20) - [Up: c7.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s2) ## Cites (1) - [Carakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka) — Agniveśa (Āyurveda) & Caraka, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s2.19) · Pramāṇa