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 2.211
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 2.211:
啶曕啶む啶むう啷嵿ぇ啶苦い啶距え啶距ぎ啶班啶ムざ啷嵿 啶曕啶掂げ啶距え啶距ぎ啶侧啶曕た啶曕 啷�
啶啶班ぞ啶椸啶掂た啶啷嵿い啷囙じ啷嵿い啶︵え啷嵿い啶膏啶� 啶むぅ啷堗さ啶距ぐ啷嵿ぅ啷� 啶� 啶掂た啶︵啶い啷� 啷� 啷ㄠェ啷� 啷�办峁泃taddhit膩n膩martha艣ca keval膩n膩malaukika岣� |
pr膩gvibhaktestadantasya tathai惫腻rtho na vidyate || 211 ||211. The meaning of the bare 办峁泃 and taddhita suffixes is likewise not known in the world. Similarly, before the inflexional suffixes are added, a word ending in a 办峁泃 or taddhita suffix has no meaning.
Commentary
[The 痴峁泃迟颈 quotes 惫腻. 7 on P. 1.2.45. to show that bare suffixes have no meaning as against the alleged opposite view implied in the 蝉奴迟谤补 P. 1.1.19鈥�墨d奴dau ca saptamyarthe.]