[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.s9.14 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s9.14 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s9.14 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s9.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s9.14) Mīmāṁsā holds \*anupalabdhi\* or \*abhāva\* (non-existence) as a valid means of knowledge and uses it for the denial of God. Arguing against them, Udayana says — the mere non-apprehension of any entity does not prove its non-existence. It is the non-apprehension of a perceptible object that proves its non-existence. As a rebuttal to the Mīmāṁsaka, he specially gives eight proofs to prove the existence of God in chap. V of his \*Nyāyakusumāñjali\*. They are: - [Previous: c8.s9.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s9.13) - [Next: c8.s9.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s9.15) - [Up: c8.s9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s9) ## Cites (1) - [Nyāyakusumāñjali](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.pracina.nyayakusumanjali) — Udayana, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s9.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s9.14) · Pramāṇa