[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.s3.17 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s3.17 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s3.17 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s3.17) The texts belonging to the orthodox systems of Indian philosophy cite²⁰ and criticize Cārvāka, but Cārvāka philosophy as such was not included in the curricula in the \*gurukulas\* or \*āśramas\*. The Buddhists took Cārvākas more seriously. Max Müller has referred to a \*Ambaṭṭhasutta\* where Lokāyata is mentioned as a subject for the study of a brāhmaṇa. - [Previous: c8.s3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s3.16) - [Next: c8.s4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s4.1) - [Up: c8.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s3) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ambaṭṭhasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s3.17) · Pramāṇa