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 2.353
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 2.353:
啶膏啶溹啶炧ぞ啶ㄠ啶むぐ啶距啷嵿 啶︵い啷嵿い啶距う啷囙ぐ啷嵿え啶距え啷嵿く啶� 啶膏啶溹啶炧ぞ 啶啶班い啷�啶い啷� 啷�
啶膏啶溹啶炧た啶ㄠ 啶︵啶掂う啶む啶むぞ啶栢啶 啶︵い啷嵿い啶多が啷嵿う啶� 啶曕ぅ啶� 啶掂う啷囙い啷� 啷� 啷┼カ啷� 啷�sa峁僯帽膩ntar膩cca datt膩dern膩ny膩 sa峁僯帽膩 prat墨yate |
sa峁僯帽ina峁� devadatt膩khya峁� datta艣补产诲补岣� katha峁� vadet || 353 ||353. From Datta etc, a different name altogether, another name (Devadatta) cannot be understood. Nor can Datta bring to the mind the named (individual) Devadatta, because it is the named of some other name.
Commentary
[A part of a name can neither bring the full name to the mind nor bring the named of the full name to the mind. The 痴峁泃迟颈 says the same thing in its own way. Iha yo'rthena k峁泃asambandha岣� 艣补产诲补岣� 艣补产诲腻苍迟补谤补峁� tasya 惫腻肠补办补 na bhavati = When there is a relation between an object and a word, another word cannot be expressive of that word, that is, another word cannot bring that word to the mind. All this has been said in answer to the suggestion, that Datta first brings Devadatta to the mind and, from the latter, the individual Devadatta is understood. The possibility of this process is denied here.]
Others believe that the 鈥榥amed鈥� is connected not only with the full name but also with parts or abridgements of it.