[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.s5.41 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s5.41 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s5.41 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s5.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s5.41) In fact, Dharmakīrti utilizes the concept of inference to disapprove the idea of \*jāti\* (universal) as proposed by the orthodox Naiyāyikas on one hand, and to support the concept of \*kṣaṇikatva\* (momentariness) on the other. He devotes a major portion of his \*Hetubindu\* to prove the invariable concomitance \*yat sat tat kṣaṇikam\* (whatever that exists, is momentary) and also to the theory of \*pratītyasamutpāda\* (dependent origination). An effect is produced by a cause and subsequently functions as the cause for another effect, this chain of causality subsists in a series of \*samartha kāraṇas\* (capable causes).⁴⁷ - [Previous: c8.s5.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s5.40) - [Next: c8.s5.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s5.42) - [Up: c8.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s5) ## Linked texts (1) - [Hetubindu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.darsana.pramana.hetubindu) — Dharmakīrti, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s5.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s5.41) · Pramāṇa