[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.s2.3 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c9.s2.3 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c9.s2.3 - **Language:** English ### [c9.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c9.s2.3) Aśvaghoṣa cites verses from \*Śukra\* and \*Mānava Dharmaśāstra\* to support his argument. \*Vajrasūcyopaniṣad\* is a later text composed in Upaniṣadic style, it only repeats Aśvaghoṣa’s arguments. - [Previous: c9.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c9.s2.2) - [Next: c9.s2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c9.s2.4) - [Up: c9.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c9.s2) ## Linked texts (2) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Śukranīti (Śukrācārya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.sukraniti-sukracarya) — Śukrācārya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c9.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c9.s2.3) · Pramāṇa