[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.s8.3 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s8.3 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s8.3 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s8.3) Mīmāṁsā postulates the theory of \*śakti\* (power) in the cause which leads to the genesis of the effect. Udayana and other Naiyāyikas refute their arguments. To them, the cause itself is an aggregate of causal power and the absence of counteracting agents. - [Previous: c8.s8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s8.2) - [Next: c8.s9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s9.1) - [Up: c8.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s8.3) · Pramāṇa