[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.s3.10 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c9.s3.10 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c9.s3.10 - **Language:** English ### [c9.s3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c9.s3.10) The tactics of \*chala\* (cheating), \*jāti\* (avoiding reply) and \*nigraha-sthānas\* (clinchers), as defined by the authors of the philosophical texts, were also practised in \*dharmasabhās\* (law courts). Nārada condemns the conduct of \*vāk-chala\* (cheating by speech).¹⁷ - [Previous: c9.s3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c9.s3.9) - [Next: c9.s3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c9.s3.11) - [Up: c9.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c9.s3) ## Cites (1) - [Nāradasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.narada) — Nārada, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c9.s3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c9.s3.10) · Pramāṇa