[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.s6.2 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s6.2 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s6.2 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s6.2) Dharmakīrti proceeds to a detailed attack on the authority of the Vedas, the brāhmaṇas that expound them, the Brāhmanical ideas about the efficacy of \*mantras\*, and the system of caste in his \*Pramāṇavārtika\*. - [Previous: c8.s6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s6.1) - [Next: c8.s6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s6.3) - [Up: c8.s6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s6) ## Linked texts (1) - [Pramāṇavārttika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.darsana.pramana.pramanavarttika) — Dharmakīrti, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s6.2) · Pramāṇa