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 3.14.154
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.14.154:
啶嗋啷嵿く啶距く啶む 啶� 啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶班啶� 啶侧啶曕ぐ啷傕あ啶� 啶膏啶掂き啶距さ啶む 啷�
啶ㄠた啶た啶む啶むい啷佮げ啷嵿く啶� 啶椸啶︵ぞ啶︵ 啶啶班さ啷冟い啷嵿い啶苦ぐ啷嵿げ啶苦啷嵿啶膏啶栢啶く啷嬥 啷� 啷оカ啷� 啷�膩khy膩yate ca 艣膩stre峁嘺 lokar奴岣峢膩 svabh膩vata岣� |
nimittatuly膩 god膩dau prav峁泃tirli峁単asa峁僰hyayo岣� || 154 ||154. The use of the gender and number of the nimitta (the basis of the application of a word to an object) in expression like godau gr膩ma岣�, naturally current in the world, is made known by the 艣腻蝉迟谤补 (P. 1.2.51.).
Commentary
[Where there is the relation of identity between the nimitta and the nimitti, should the gender and number of the former prevail or those of the latter? In 艣耻办濒腻岣� 辫补峁佱弗, the latter prevails, in 辫补帽肠腻濒腻岣� 箩补苍补辫补诲补岣�, the former prevails. As the country where the 办峁迟迟谤颈测补蝉 called 辫补帽肠腻濒补岣� live is called 辫补帽肠腻濒腻岣�, the 办峁迟迟谤颈测腻蝉 are the nimitta for the application of the word to the country and as the 办峁迟迟谤颈测补蝉 have the masculine gender and the plural number, the word 辫补帽肠腻濒腻岣�, even when it means the country, has the same gender and number. This variation is due to the natural variation in the power of words. The 艣腻蝉迟谤补 only makes it known. It does not create it. According to P. 1.2.52, though ordinarily, the gender and number of the nimitti prevail, in some special cases, those of the nimitta prevail.]