[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.s3.8 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s3.8 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s3.8 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s3.8) In Purāṇic mythology Bṛhaspati is known to be the \*guru\* of the gods. The identity of Bṛhaspati — the author of \*Bārhaspatyasūtra\* — and the mythological Bṛhaspati has been mingled in later texts. \*Maitrāyaṇī Upaniṣad\* says that Bṛhaspati, the \*devaguru\*, became Śukrācārya and faked a philosophy of materialism to trap the \*asuras\* (demons) and ensure their defeat.¹⁵ Even Haribhadra, a Jaina philosopher, confirms the story of Bṛhaspati’s disguise as Cārvāka. - [Previous: c8.s3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s3.7) - [Next: c8.s3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s3.9) - [Up: c8.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s3) ## Linked texts (2) - [Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri) — Sanskrit - [Bārhaspatyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nastika.carvaka.brhaspatisutra) — Bṛhaspati, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s3.8) · Pramāṇa