[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 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses (Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses) Theory of debate (vāda, jalpa, vitaṇḍā) in Nyāya, Buddhist, Jain and other traditions, and records of actual debates and assemblies. - **Language:** English - **Author:** [Radhavallabh Tripathi](https://indike.org/pramana/person/tripathi-r) - **Extent:** 3,392 passages, 111,728 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** archive.org · D. K. Printworld, New Delhi 2021; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.8 Flash; chapters and sections by Gemini… · In copyright (Radhavallabh Tripathi); freely available on archive.org — shown with credit and a link to that… ## Contents - [c1 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c1) — 28 parts - [c2 Prologue](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c2) — 32 parts - [c3 Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c3) — 66 parts - [c4 Acknowledgements](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c4) — 2 parts - [c5 1. The Nature of Vāda](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5) — 38 parts - [c6 2. A Brief History of Vāda](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c6) — 30 parts - [c7 3. Vādaśāstra: The Theories of Debate, Dialogues and Discussions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c7) — 18 parts - [c8 4. Vāda in Darśana: Philosophical Debates](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8) — 11 parts - [c9 5. Vāda in Dharma: Socio-Political and Legal Debates](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c9) — 17 parts - [c10 6. Vāda in Literary Theory and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c10) — 17 parts - [c11 7. Vāda in Modern Age](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c11) — 24 parts - [c12 Epilogue](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c12) — 8 parts - [c13 Appendix: Selected List of Vādas Referred in This Work](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c13) — 6 parts - [c14 Bibliography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c14) — 3 parts - [c15 Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c15) — 1,210 parts --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021) · Pramāṇa