[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) › c8.s1.1 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.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). - [Previous: c8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.1) - [Next: c8.s1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s1.2) - [Up: c8.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s1) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s1.1) · Pramāṇa