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 3.12.22
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.12.22:
啶啶班啶∴ぞ啶多ぞ啶た啶оぞ啶ㄠ 啶� 啶оぞ啶ㄠぞ啶︵た啶粪 啶ぅ啶� 啶膏啶ムた啶むぎ啷� 啷�
啶涏い啷嵿ぐ啶苦ぃ啶� 啶氞ぞ啶た啶膏啶え啷嵿ぇ啶距啷嵿啶む啶班た啶多が啷嵿う啶距き啶苦ぇ啷囙く啶むぞ 啷� 啷ㄠエ 啷�puro岣嵞伵浤乥hidh膩na峁� ca dh膩n膩di峁 yath膩 sthitam |
chatri峁嚹� c膩bhisa峁僢andh膩cchatri艣abd膩bhidheyat膩 || 22 ||22. It is like giving the name 辫耻谤辞岣嵞伵沘 to 诲丑腻苍腻岣� etc. or giving the name chatrin = 鈥渦mbrella-bearer鈥� to somebody due to association with one.
Commentary
[Elsewhere also, due to proximity or association, things get the name of others. For example, in the morning libation (辫谤腻迟补岣补惫补苍补) five oblations are offered, namely purod膩艣a = 鈥榮acrificial cake鈥�, 诲丑腻苍补岣� = 鈥渇ried rice or barley鈥�, karambha = 鈥榞谤耻别濒,鈥� pariv膩pa = 鈥榗oagulated milk鈥� and payasya = 鈥榗urds.鈥� They are called the five 辫耻谤辞岣嵞伵沘s because of association with the first one which is 辫耻谤辞岣嵞伵沘. Similarly, because of association with umbrella bearers, others are also so called. In the present case, due to association, the quality of the master is attributed to the servant and so the compound takes the 腻迟尘补苍别辫补诲补.]