Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s6.3
Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s6.3
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c8.s6.3
The Mīmāṁsaka school established Vedas as eternal, *apauruṣeya* (not created by humans) and hence authoritative being free from any fault or error liable to occur as a result of human influence. Against this, the Buddhists argued that if scriptures were *apauruṣeya*, they would be incomprehensible being devoid of *vivakṣā* (speakers’ intention).