[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) › c9.13 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c9.13 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c9.13 - **Language:** English ### [c9.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c9.13) There are Smṛtis (law books) like the \*Viṣṇusmṛti\*, which reflect the alternate visions, provided by the Āgamic traditions. These Smṛti texts present as much divergence and a wide range of concrete ideas in respect of governance, polity and the social as well as the ethical norms as the philosophical systems in respect of abstract thinking. - [Previous: c9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c9.12) - [Next: c9.s1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c9.s1.1) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c9) ## Linked texts (1) - [Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu) — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c9.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c9.13) · Pramāṇa