Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c7.s2.2

Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c7.s2.2

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c7.s2.2

The extensive treatment of the concept of *vāda* and its techniques by Caraka in his *Caraka Saṁhitā* has led a modern scholar of philosophy like S.N. Dasgupta to suggest that in Indian philosophy “dialectic emerged from discussions of Āyurveda physicians”. E.A. Solomon rightly disagrees with this view. To quote her:

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Carakasaṃhitā — Agniveśa (Āyurveda) & Caraka, Sanskrit