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 2.209
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 2.209:
啶曕啶氞た啶む啶む 啶啶むぞ啶膏た啶︵啶оぞ啶班啶ムぞ 啶啶︵ 啶ㄠた啶班啶溹啶炧ぞ啶むざ啶曕啶むく啶� 啷�
啶呧え啷嵿さ啶さ啷嵿く啶むた啶班啶曕ぞ啶啶ぞ啶� 啶曕啶氞た啶む 啶曕げ啷嵿お啶苦い啶多啷嵿い啶 啷� 啷ㄠウ啷� 啷�kecittu yut膩siddh膩rth膩 bhede nirj帽膩ta艣aktaya岣� |
anvayavyatirek膩bhy膩峁� kecit kalpita艣aktaya岣� || 209 ||209. Some collections are made up of separately meaningful parts. When divided, each element is separately recognisable and meaningful. Some (on the other hand) have to have their denotative power inferred by means of agreement and difference.
Commentary
[艢补尘墨惫谤办峁 and 顿腻岣峣尘墨惫峁沰峁 are examples of the first kind. 厂补峁僯帽耻 and 笔谤补箩帽耻 are examples of the second kind. 厂补峁僯帽耻 is explained as sa峁僩ate 箩腻苍耻苍墨 asya = one whose knees are joined together. The word 箩腻苍耻苍墨, though seen in the analysis, is not easily recognisable in the compound word. ]