shastrartha
शास्त्रार्थ śāstrārtha'The meaning of the scriptures'; the tradition of formal public debate in which scholars or schools contended over a point of doctrine until one position prevailed. Kashi was its supreme arena.
Where this term appears
- The learned city Treatise
The tradition calls it shastrartha , "the meaning of the scriptures", the disciplined debate in which two learned men, or two schools, contended over a point of philosophy or grammar or ritual before an audienc…