Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s1.1

Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s1.1

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c8.s1.1

ONE of the recurring themes for debate is the conflict between *karma* (action) and *jñāna* (knowledge). The Indian mind has been occupied with the two opposite ways of *pravṛtti* (empiricism) and *nivṛtti* (renunciation). *Mahābhārata* repeatedly discusses such conflicting views and their resolution (see Chap. 2).

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit