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 3.11.9
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.11.9:
啶啶︵啶� 啶む 啶膏ぎ啶距啷嵿く啶距え啶� 啶げ啷嵿げ啷嬥啷嬥そ啶啶え啷佮さ啶班啶むい啷� 啷�
啶嗋啶ぞ啶氞啶涏ぞ啶膏啶む啶班じ啶︵啶多 啶掂啶さ啶灌ぞ啶班 啶� 啶掂ぐ啷嵿ぃ啷嵿く啶む 啷� 啷� 啷�bhedena tu sam膩khy膩na峁� yalloko'pyanuvartate |
膩gam膩cch膩strasad峁浥沷 vyavah膩ra岣� sa var峁噛ate || 9 ||9. When, following tradition, the ordinary man speaks about something as separate when it is really not so, it is a usage similar to what is found in the 艣腻蝉迟谤补.
Commentary
[Universality and particularity are always found in other things. They arc never found in isolation and yet the 艣腻蝉迟谤补 sometimes talks about them as though they were independent.]