[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.s5.28 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s5.28 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s5.28 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s5.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s5.28) A shift in the concept of categories occurs in Raghunātha Śiromaṇi (CE 1500). In his \*Padārthatattavanirūpaṇa\*, he reduced the number by denying \*abhāva\* as a category. He was criticized by Veṇīdatta in his \*Padārthamaṇḍana\* who accepts only four positive categories.⁴⁴ - [Previous: c8.s5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s5.27) - [Next: c8.s5.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s5.29) - [Up: c8.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s5) ## Linked texts (1) - [Padārthamaṇḍana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.navya.later.padarthamandana) — Venīdatta 1695, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s5.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s5.28) · Pramāṇa