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 3.14.155
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.14.155:
啶灌ぐ啷�啶む啷嵿く啶距う啶苦し啷� 啶掂啶啷嵿い啶苦 啶膏啷嵿啶ぞ 啶栢げ啶むた啶曕ぞ啶︵た啶粪 啷�
啶え啷佮し啷嵿く啶侧啶啶掂た啶多啶粪ぞ啶｀ぞ啶き啶苦ぇ啷囙く啶距ざ啷嵿ぐ啶 啶︵啶掂く啶 啷� 啷оカ啷� 啷�har墨taky膩di峁 vyakti岣� sa峁卥hay膩 khalatik膩di峁 |
尘补苍耻峁补lubvi艣e峁Ｄ佱箛膩mabhidhey膩艣raya峁� dvayam || 155 ||155. In 丑补谤墨迟补办墨 etc., it is the gender (of the nimitta), in khalatika etc., it is the number (of the nimitta) which prevail. As to the adjectives of the word in which there is lup of the suffix kan taught when, the word formed with it is intended to denote a human being, it is the gender and number of what is intended to be conveyed (abhidheya) which prevail.
Commentary
[It is because gender and number are natural and only made known by 艣腻蝉迟谤补 that there is so much variation. In har墨taky膩岣� phal膩ni, the gender of the nimitta prevails and the number of the 苍颈尘颈迟迟墨. In 办丑补濒补迟颈办补峁� (the name of a hill) 惫补苍腻苍颈, the number of the nimitta prevails and the gender of the nimitta. When the word 肠补帽肠腻 (effigy) is applied to a human being because of resemblance, there is lup of the suffix kan and its adjectives take the gender and number of the 苍颈尘颈迟迟墨, namely, 尘补苍耻峁补 and so we get the expression 肠补帽肠腻 abhir奴pa岣�, sv膩k峁泃i岣� dar艣an墨ya岣�.]