[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.s5.17 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s5.17 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s5.17 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s5.17) The followers of Rāmānuja refute the Advaitins on the score of their concept of \*ajñāna\*. How can the idea of the ignorance that has neither a subject nor an object be accepted? — they ask.⁴¹ There is no evidence of a cosmic illusion and the Anirvacanīyatāvāda (indescribability of cognition). - [Previous: c8.s5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s5.16) - [Next: c8.s5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s5.18) - [Up: c8.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s5.17) · Pramāṇa