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 2.210
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 2.210:
啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶班ぞ啶班啶� 啶忇さ 啶掂ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶距え啶距ぎ啶班啶ムさ啶氞啶掂 啶啶班う啶班啶多た啶む 啷�
啶оぞ啶む啶掂ぞ啶︵啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶掂た啶多啶︵啶оぞ啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶侧啶曕た啶曕啶洁ぐ啷嵿ぅ啷� 啶� 啶掂た啶︵啶い啷� 啷� 啷ㄠェ啷� 啷�艣膩str膩rtha eva 惫补谤峁嚹乶膩marthavacve pradar艣ita岣� |
dh膩tv膩d墨n膩峁� vi艣uddh膩n膩峁� laukiko'rtho na vidyate || 210 ||210. It is only a meaning current in the Science of Grammar which is shown to prove that phonemes are meaningful. Pure roots, stems etc. have no recognised meaning in the world.
Commentary
[The 惫腻谤迟迟颈办补: Arthavanto 惫补谤峁嚹� dh膩tupr膩tipadikapratyayanip膩t膩n膩m eka惫补谤峁嚹乶膩m arthadar艣an膩峁� (V膩. 9. 惭.叠丑腻. I. p.30, 1.2.) is considered here. The question whether single phonemes have a meaning or not is considered in the 惭.叠丑腻 on the 辫谤补迟测腻丑腻谤补 蝉奴迟谤补: ha-ya-va-ra峁�. The conclusion reached there is that they have a meaning only when they happen to be roots, stems, suffixes or particles. Even this meaning is obtained by the analysis practised in the 艢腻蝉迟谤补. It is not seen in the world.]