[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.s1.7 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s1.7 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s1.7 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s1.7) On the relationship between \*karma\* and \*jñāna\* Maṇḍana also holds a position strikingly different from Śaṅkara and Sureśvara.³ Maṇḍana cites at least seven theories in this connection. Of these, he favours a peculiar variety of \*jñānakarmasamuccaya\*; whereas Śaṅkara and Sureśvara do not regard performance of ritual as compatible with the knowledge of \*Brahman\*. - [Previous: c8.s1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s1.6) - [Next: c8.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s2.1) - [Up: c8.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s1.7) · Pramāṇa