[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.s6.3 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.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). - [Previous: c8.s6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s6.2) - [Next: c8.s6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s6.4) - [Up: c8.s6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s6.3) · Pramāṇa