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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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Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 1.114:

अन्तःकरणतत्त्वस्� वायुराश्रयता� गत� �
तद्धर्मे� समाविष्टस्तेजसैव विवर्तते � ११� �

antaḥkaraṇatattvasya vāyurāśrayatā� gata� |
taddharmeṇa samāviṣṭastejasaiva vivartate || 114 ||

114. Air becomes the substratum of the mind and becomes coloured by the qualities of the latter and is transformed by the inner heat.1

Notes

1. The Self becomes the mind of which the air becomes the substratum. The air becomes impregnated with the attributes of the mind and becomes the word.

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