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 3.14.158
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.14.158:
啶呧が啶灌啶班啶掂啶灌た啶︵啶掂え啷嵿う啷嵿さ啶膏啶む啶班啶い啶苦ざ啶啶粪 啶 啷�
啶啶︵ぞ 啶ぞ啶粪啶ぞ啶ㄠ啶膏ぞ啶班啶� 啶掂ぞ啶氞啶ぞ啶膏啶む 啶侧た啶權啶椸じ啶傕啷嵿啶く啷嬥 啷� 啷оカ啷� 啷�abahurv墨hidvandvastryati艣aye峁 ye |
bhed膩 bh膩峁膩nus膩re峁嘺 v膩cy膩ste li峁単asa峁冡箙khayayo岣� || 158 ||158. In compounds with the negative particle, bahuvr墨hi, dvandva, feminine formations and words expressive of degree, special genders and numbers are now to be considered according to the 叠丑腻峁补.
Commentary
[Cases where the 蝉奴迟谤补 in question is useful according to the 叠丑腻峁补 and the 惫腻谤迟迟颈办补蝉 are now going to be considered. In these cases, the gender and number which would result because of the presence of their nimitta are set aside in favour of the gender and number of the substratum.]
Following the reverse order and also because not much has to be said about it, the author first says something about words expressive of degree, taught in P. 5. 3. 55.