Announcement of the Workshop on "Vadashastra" by Prof. Radhavallabh Tripathi

[Nagaraj Paturi]

Dear All,

It is our great pleasure to announce a two day workshop on "Vadshastra"to be conducted by Prof. Radhavallabh Tripathi. It wisll be held at Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune on 20th and 21st of July 2019. The detailed information on the workshop is attached here with. All of you are kindly requested to give visibility and publicity to the attached information on the workshop for the benefit of all the interested students and professionals.

Thanking you in advance. 

warm regards,

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A Course on Vādaṥāstra (Theory and Practice of Debate)

Concept Note

Vāda is a a category in Indian Philosophy which involves theory and practice of intellectual debates, dialogues and discussions. It is because of vāda that cultures and civilizations have thrived and great intellectual achievements could be made. Vāda promotes diversity and pluralism and inculcates democratic values. No vāda is possible if there is only one point of view, it always pre-requisites the other; and mostly promotes the presence of many others. India’s History of Ideas and debates presents a multi-linear view. Saṃvāda (dialogue, correspondence) and vivāda (difference) are two faces of Vāda.

Aims and Scope

A two-day course on Vāda will be organized under the auspices of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute to create an awareness of the methodology and techniques of Vāda and to show how these techniques can be utilized for better reasoning and creating harmony in contemporary society.

This course will be based on Sanskrit- based knowledge systems (the śāstras) and lectures will be given through power point presentation.

Schedule

This course will be covered in two days and will comprise of eight lectures. Forty five minutes will be given for each lecture which will be followed by the discussion/questions-answer-session for fifteen minutes each.

Course Design

Lecture I: Fundamental Concepts

Blemishes of defining a category – ativyāpti, avāyti and asambhava.

Concept of Vāda; Purpose of Vāda – its effects, repercussions. Vāda as a

cathartic element, catalyst for peace and harmony.

Vāda as a defining factor of humans.

The anubhandhas of Vādaṥāstra – its scope and beneficiaries.

Types of vāda according to the subject, the occasion and venue,

Subjectivity and objectivity, vādas institutionalized, impromptu and internalized.

Terms related to vāda in Sanskrit - Vedic terms related to vāda and Vādaṥāstra –

Brahmavādin, Brahmavādinī, Vākovākya, brahmasaṁsad, kathā -- vāda, jalpa and

vitaṇḍā, satsaṅga, parāmarṥa, ahaṃprayavamarṥa, ṥāstrārtha.

Lecture II : The History of Vāda

Early beginnings of Vāda-tradition

History of Vāda- Mantrakāla - The Age of Revelation (around 3000 BC

to 500 BC):, Tarkakāla - The Age of Arguments: (around 500 BC t0 1000 AD) ,

Vistārakāla - The Age of Diversification (around 1000 AD to 1800 AD):,

Ādhunikakāla- The Modern Age (around 1800 AD onwards)

Lecture III - An Introduction to the Literature on, in and about

Vāda in Sanskrit

Literature on Vāda –texts on the theory of vāda

Literature about Vāda – the manuals for the practice of vāda

Literature in vāda

Lecture IV – The Conceptual Framework

Sixteen categories in Nyāya philosophy; pramāṇas - pratyakṣa

(perception), anumāna (inference), upamāna (analogue) and śabda (scripture).

Concept of Vāda in Nyāya, Āyurveda and Buddhdis Philosophies, kathā, three

types of kathā- vāda, jalpa and vitaṇḍā, Sandhi: agreement with disagreements,

Types of kathā according to the subject, the occasion and venue,

institutionalization of vāda, Vāda impromptu. Vāda as Internalized

Pramāṇas in Vādaṥāstra – importance of anumāna (inference) for carrying

out any conversation or debate. Concepts of hetu (reason/cause) - pakṣa (the

thesis-case), sapakṣa (the observed case )and vipakṣa. (the second observed case

in contrast). two types of anumāna -- svārthānumāna and parārthānumāna. The

concepts of pañcāvayavavākya (five member syllogism), Vyāpti (invariable

concomitance).

Saṁśaya (doubt), Tarka (argument/reasoning) and tarkābhāsa (fallacious

reasoning). blemishes of tarka – Ātmāśraya (self-dependence), Anyonyāśraya

(mutual dependence), Cakraka (vicious circle), Anavasthā (infinite regress) and

Aniṣṭaprasaṇga (reduction ad absurdum).

Concept of kathā (conversation); three types of kathā - vāda (discussion),

jalpa (debate) and vitaṅḍā (cavil). Concept of chala (quibble), Jāti (objection)

and Nigrahasthānas (clinchers), five Hetvābhāsas (fallacies)

Concept of debate in caraka, Asaṅga, and Dharmakīrti,. sadvāda (fair

debate,) asadvāda (unfair debate). sandhāya saṁbhāṣā (friendly debate) and

vigrāhya saṁbhāṣā (hostile debate). Vāda and Negative dialiecics – The theory of

Apohavāda.

Lecture V

Some Important Debates in Śāstras

Lecture VI

Some Important Public Debates – Vedic to Medieval Period

Lecture VII

Concept of Vāda and Saṃvāda – who is the man of Dialogue?

Lecture VIII

Vāda in Contemporary Times

Program

Day 1

9.00 AM : Registration and introduction

9.30 – 10.15 AM : Lecture 1

10.15 -10.30 AM : Discussion

10.30 – 11.15 PM : Lecture II

11.15 – 11.30 PM : Discussion

Tea Break – 11.30 to 12.00 PM

12.00 PM – 12.45 PM – Lecture III

12.45 PM to 1.00 PM : Discussion

1.00 PM to 1.45 PM – Lecture IV

1.45 PM to 2 PM : Discussion

Day 2

9.30 – 10.15 AM : Lecture 1

10.15 -10.30 AM : Discussion

10.30 – 11.15 PM : Lecture II

11.15 – 11.30 PM : Discussion

Tea Break – 11.30 to 12.00 PM

12.00 PM – 12.45 PM – Lecture III

12.45 PM to 1.00 PM : Discussion

1.00 PM to 1.45 PM – Lecture IV

1.45 PM to 2 PM : Discussion

Course dates: July 20-21 2019

Time: 9 a.m to 2 p.m.

Venue: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune 411004

Eligibility criterion: Graduates in any discipline,

Contact hours: 8 hours of including discussion.

Certificate of Course will be issued to all those who attend all the sessions.

Course Fees: Rs. 1200/- For professionals and others

Rs. 700/- for students on production of valid identity card.

Payable in cash or by cheque at BORI office between 11 a.m. to 4 p.m (Monday to Friday except

on public holidays) Or

Account details for NEFT:

Account Name: Bhandarkar O R Institute INBORI

Bank name: Yes Bank LTD.

Sangam Solitair,Shop no. 4, Grounnd floor, Sangam Press rd, Kthrud, Pune 38

Account type : Saving account Account number: 095194600000200

IFSC/NEFT code: YESB0000008 SWIFT code: YESBIBNBB

For registration and other queries please write to:

Cordia...@gmail.com or

Whatsapp your details to 7796699822 (Please whatsapp with your name. Anonymous messages

will not be responded to)

[Shrinivasa Varakhedi]

For information 

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From: Coordinator@BORI <cordia...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2019 

Dear All,

It is our great pleasure to announce a two day workshop on "Vadshastra"to be conducted by Prof. Radhavallabh Tripathi. It wisll be held at Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune on 20th and 21st of July 2019. The detailed information on the workshop is attached here with. All of you are kindly requested to give visibility and publicity to the attached information on the workshop for the benefit of all the interested students and professionals.

Thanking you in advance. 

warm regards,

--

Chetana Gosavi

Coordinator

BORI- Infosys Foundation Academic Development Program.

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warm regards,

Shrinivasa Varakhedi
Vice-chancellor 

Kavikulaguru Kalidas Sanskrit University

Ramtek, Nagpur, Maharatshtra

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(Recipient of Presidents Award)

Professor in Shastra and Former Dean (Academics)

Karnataka Samskrita University,

Bengaluru - 560018

Mobile : +91-94853-01353
Ph Off :  +91-7722011353

[Megh Kalyanasundaram]

Thank you for sharing this information. 

Best,

Megh

[Irene Galstian]

Thank you for circulating this announcement. 

Will the lectures be recorded? If so, may I sign up to the course just to watch the recordings? 

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