[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.s5.1 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c7.s5.1 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c7.s5.1 - **Language:** English ### [c7.s5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s5.1) \*Prāśnika\* and \*sadasya\* these two terms have been used for a jury. Diṅnāga says that \*prāśnika\* (jury) is not supposed to know the conclusions being derived by the disputants when a debate is started.⁷¹ Commenting on him, Haribhadra explains — it is not that \*prāśnikas\* are ignorant, but they do not know the way to support either of the debaters.⁷² In his commentary on \*Nyāyapraveśakasūtram\*, Haribhadra defines \*prāśnikas\* as “unbiased like a balance which can equally weigh both the debaters, having knowledge of their systems and the systems of others, born in a good family, tolerant, and devoted to debates”.⁷³ - [Previous: c7.s4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s4.13) - [Next: c7.s5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s5.2) - [Up: c7.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s5) ## Cites (1) - [Nyāyapraveśakasūtram](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.darsana.pramana.nyayapravesakasutra) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s5.1) · Pramāṇa