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 3.3.75
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.3.75:
� शाबलेयस्यास्तित्वं बाहुलेयस्य बाधकम् �
� शाबलेय� नास्तीति बाहुलेयः प्रकल्पत� � ७५ �na śⲹsyāstitva� ܱⲹsya bādhakam |
na śābaleyo nāstīti ܱⲹ� prakalpate || 75 ||75. The existence of śⲹ does not prevent that of ܱⲹ, nor does the non-existence of śⲹ bring about the existence of ܱⲹ.
Commentary
[Just as the existence of śⲹ does not prevent that of ܱⲹ and vice-versa, in the same way, if 屹 is also a separate category, its existence or non-existence would not bring about the non-existence or existence of 屹.]