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 1.75
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 1.75:
啶膏啶啶熰じ啷嵿く啶距き啶苦え啷嵿え啶曕ぞ啶侧じ啷嵿く 啶о啶掂え啶苦啶距げ啶距え啷佮お啶距い啶苦え啶� 啷�
啶椸啶班す啶｀啶ぞ啶оた啶啶︵啶� 啶掂啶む啶むた啶啶︵ 啶啶班啶曕啶粪い啷� 啷� 啷カ 啷�蝉辫丑辞峁璦sy膩bhinnak膩lasya dhvanik膩l膩nup膩tina岣� |
graha峁噊p膩dhibhedena 惫峁泃迟颈bheda峁� pracak峁te || 75 ||75. Of the 蝉辫丑辞峁璦 which has no temporal distinction and which appears to follow the duration of the sounds, distinctions in duration (惫峁泃迟颈) have been declared on the basis of distinctions in the manifesting sounds.
Commentary
As the principle word-self is eternal, the function of the measure called 鈥榯ime鈥� does not affect in the slightest degree the duration of 蝉辫丑辞峁璦. Inasmuch as the form of the 蝉辫丑辞峁璦 is perceived as mixed up with the sounds, therefore, the duration of the sounds appears to be that of the perception of 蝉辫丑辞峁璦. Through the limiting factor of such a perception of 蝉辫丑辞峁璦, involving difference in time, divisions in the form of quick, medium and slow speeds, each faster than the following one by one third,1 are associated with the 蝉辫丑辞峁璦 (though they belong to the sounds).
Notes
1. 罢谤颈产丑腻驳辞迟办补谤峁峁嘺. It is not clear whether this means 鈥榞reater by one third鈥� or 鈥榤ultiplied by three鈥�.
If that is so, in the case of the short, long and protracted vowels also, it is the sound which would be the cause of the difference in time. Therefore, just as the long and the protracted vowels would be called by the same name, the 厂奴迟谤补鈥斺�淎 vowel followed by the symbolic letter t stands for one of that duration only鈥�1 would be applicable to them. Similarly, in the case of the different speeds also, it would apply and there would also be the objection contained in the following鈥�
鈥淚f the symbolic letter t is added after the quick one, it should be added after the medium and the slow ones also, because of difference in time.鈥�2
To this, the following answer is given鈥�
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