[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.s5.3 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c7.s5.3 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c7.s5.3 - **Language:** English ### [c7.s5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s5.3) The concept of jury has cast an impact even on the textual debates. Śaṅkara in his \*bhāṣya\* on \*Praśna Upaniṣad\* (VI.2) introduces an imaginary \*madhyastha\* (impartial arguer) who accepts both the sides. - [Previous: c7.s5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s5.2) - [Next: c7.s5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s5.4) - [Up: c7.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s5) ## Cites (1) - [Praśnopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.6.2) — Pippalāda, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7.s5.3) · Pramāṇa