Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c9.3

c9.3

Parallel to the Vedic traditions which became precursors of Sanātana Dharma, the Āgamic and Śramaṇic traditions existed right from the hoary past with their own world-view and alternate lifestyles. *Ṛgveda* X.136.2 refers to *vātaraśanā munis* (sages wearing wind as girdle, i.e. the naked ascetics). *Taittirīya Āraṇyaka* also uses the appellation of *ṛṣis* (seers) as *vātaraśanās*.¹