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 2.135
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 2.135:
啶掂啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啶距え啷嵿く啶ム啶� 啶啶班啷嵿ぐ啶距え啷嵿い啷� 啶た啶ㄠ啶ㄠ啶粪 啶啶班い啶苦お啶む啶む啶粪 啷�
啶膏啶掂お啷嵿ぐ啶む啶く啶距え啷佮じ啶距ぐ啷囙ぃ 啶多が啷嵿う啶距ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶� 啶啶班さ啶苦き啶溹啶い啷� 啷� 啷оォ啷� 啷�vaktr膩nyathaiva prakr膩nto bhinne峁 pratipatt峁涐梗u |
svapratyay膩nus膩re峁嘺 艣abd膩rtha岣� pravibhajyate || 135 ||135. The meaning of words, intended by the speaker to be one thing, is understood by different listeners differently, according to their own background.
Commentary
[笔耻峁噛补谤腻箩补 points out that everybody, in using and understanding a word, is influenced by his own background. A 痴补颈艣别峁办补 may use the word 驳丑补峁璦 to convey a whole but the 厂腻峁卥丑测补 will understand from it a mere combination of qualities and the Jaina and the Bauddha a collection of atoms.]