[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) › c9.3 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c9.3 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c9.3 - **Language:** English ### [c9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.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 - [Previous: c9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c9.1) - [Next: c9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c9.4) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c9) ## Linked texts (2) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.10.136.2) — Sanskrit - [Taittirīyāraṇyaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.taittiriya) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c9.3) · Pramāṇa