[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.s2.1 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c9.s2.1 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c9.s2.1 - **Language:** English ### [c9.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c9.s2.1) \*Vajrasūcī\* of Aśvaghoṣa (see Chap. 2) is an essay in refutation of caste system. Aśvaghoṣa takes the following stands and refutes them one by one: 1. The \*jīva\* (individual soul) is brāhmaṇa, 2. a person becomes a brāhmaṇa by birth, 3. a particular human body is brāhmaṇa, 4. because of knowledge one can become a brāhmaṇa, 5. the conduct of a person makes him a brāhmaṇa, 6. the good deeds of a person make him a brāhmaṇa, and 7. the knowledge of Veda makes a person brāhmaṇa. - [Previous: c9.s1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c9.s1.3) - [Next: c9.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c9.s2.2) - [Up: c9.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c9.s2) ## Cites (1) - [Vajrasūci (Siddhācārya Ghoshapāda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.samanya.vajrasuci) — Siddhācārya Ghoshapāda, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c9.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c9.s2.1) · Pramāṇa