Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari
by K. A. Subramania Iyer | 1965 | 391,768 words
The English translation of the Vakyapadiya by Bhartrihari including commentary extracts and notes. The Vakyapadiya is an ancient Sanskrit text dealing with the philosophy of language. Bhartrhari authored this book in three parts and propounds his theory of Sphotavada (sphota-vada) which understands language as consisting of bursts of sounds conveyi...
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Verse 1.15
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 1.15:
啶ぅ啶距ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶溹ぞ啶むく啶� 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶距 啶多が啷嵿う啶距啷冟い啶苦え啶苦が啶ㄠ啶оえ啶距 啷�
啶むぅ啷堗さ 啶侧啶曕 啶掂た啶︵啶ぞ啶ㄠぞ啶啶粪ぞ 啶掂た啶︵啶ぞ 啶ぐ啶距く啶｀ぎ啷� 啷� 啷оカ 啷�yath膩rthaj膩taya岣� sarv膩岣� 艣abd腻办峁泃颈nibandhan膩岣� |
tathaiva loke vidy膩n膩me峁Ｄ� vidy膩 par膩ya峁嘺m || 15 ||15. Just as all the universals of things depend upon the form of their words for their communication, so is this science the basis of all the other sciences.
Notes:
艢补产诲腻办峁泃颈苍产补苍诲丑补苍腻岣�. By 腻办峁泃颈, it is the 箩腻迟颈 which is meant here. In other words, the universals of words convey the universals of meanings. (See V膩k. III. J膩. 6).