[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.s9.9 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s9.9 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s9.9 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s9.9) Udyotakara attempted to resolve the dilemma of commentators on the three aphorism of \*Nyāyasūtra\* (IV.1.19-21) as cited above by establishing God as the \*nimitta kāraṇa\* of the world. The crux of his reasoning lies in the necessity of accepting God as activator of atoms, without being activated, the atoms cannot combine to produce things. - [Previous: c8.s9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s9.8) - [Next: c8.s9.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s9.10) - [Up: c8.s9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s9) ## Cites (1) - [Nyāyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.pracina.nyayasutra.4.1.19) — Akṣapāda Gautama, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s9.9) · Pramāṇa