[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.s2.20 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c7.s2.20 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c7.s2.20 - **Language:** English ### [c7.s2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s2.20) He follows Vaiśeṣika closely here, but differs with Gautama to a considerable extent. It is Caraka who actually understands the term \*vāda\* in the sense of a formal or proper debate, where one party differs with the other and each adopts a position as per their system of thought or discipline. Instead of grouping \*jalpa\* and \*vitaṇḍā\* as types of \*kathā\* (discussion) Caraka defines these two as types of \*vāda\*.⁵⁰ - [Previous: c7.s2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s2.19) - [Next: c7.s2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s2.21) - [Up: c7.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s2.20) · Pramāṇa