[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.s3.7 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s3.7 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s3.7 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s3.7) Bṛhaspati is said to be the first preceptor of this philosophy.¹¹ He is said to have composed the \*sūtras\* (aphorisms). Some of them are quoted in later works. Max Müller calls Bṛhaspati “a perplexing character”.¹² One Bṛhaspati was a Vedic seer. Several hymns in \*Ṛgveda\* are attributed to him.¹³ Bṛhaspati is also a Vedic deity.¹⁴ - [Previous: c8.s3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s3.6) - [Next: c8.s3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s3.8) - [Up: c8.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s3) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s3.7) · Pramāṇa