[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.s5.23 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s5.23 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s5.23 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s5.23) The Advaitin does not describe \*sattva\* (being) as the negation of \*asattva\* (not being). Therefore there is no contradiction. \*Sattva\* is the quality of not being cancelled (\*abādhitatva\*) and \*asattva\* is the character of not being present in any locus. - [Previous: c8.s5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s5.22) - [Next: c8.s5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s5.24) - [Up: c8.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s5.23) · Pramāṇa