[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.s3.2 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c7.s3.2 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c7.s3.2 - **Language:** English ### [c7.s3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s3.2) Asaṅga defined six kinds of \*vāda\* — (i) \*vāda\* (utterance in general), (ii) \*pravāda\* (worldly declarations), (iii) \*vivāda\* (quarrels), (iv) \*apavāda\* (rebukes), (v) \*anuvāda\* (consistency of remarks), and (vi) \*avavāda\* (precepts, guidelines).⁶³ - [Previous: c7.s3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s3.1) - [Next: c7.s3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s3.3) - [Up: c7.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s3.2) · Pramāṇa