[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.s5.1 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c9.s5.1 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c9.s5.1 - **Language:** English ### [c9.s5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c9.s5.1) The questions whether the people belonging to lower castes (śūdras) have a right to perform Vedic rituals came to be discussed again and again. Kamalākara Bhaṭṭa, the author of \*Nirṇayasindhu\* (CE 1612) in his \*Vivādatāṇḍava\*, describes several such controversies. In his \*Śūdrakamalākara\*, he has discussed the rights of śūdras for performing rituals. Texts discussing the rights of śūdras for performing of rituals have been written till recent times by Sanskrit \*paṇḍits\* of Dharmśāstras.⁴⁹ Nāgeśa Bhaṭṭa had authored a text \*Vrātyaprāyaścittavinirṇaya\*. He debarred the community of kṣatriyas of his times from having the \*upanayana\*, because he believed that the real kṣatriyas vanished due to the massacres by Paraśurāma. The text was discussed at a \*śāstra-sabhā\* in Jaipur.⁵⁰ - [Previous: c9.s4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c9.s4.15) - [Next: c9.s5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c9.s5.2) - [Up: c9.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c9.s5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c9.s5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c9.s5.1) · Pramāṇa