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 3.14.159
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.14.159:
啶う啶� 啶粪し啷嵿啷�啶︵啶掂た啶む啶ぞ啶ㄠ啶むぞ啶ㄠ啶ㄠた啶曕啶粪啶熰ぞ啶む 啶むぐ啶ぞ啶︵く啶� 啷�
啶ㄠ啶啷嵿啶距ぐ啶苦ぃ啷� 啶膏啶啶班啶む啶曕啶粪啶熰 啶啶班啷冟い啷囙 啶膏啶ぞ啶む 啶掂た啶侧た啶權啶椸い啶� 啷� 啷оカ啷� 啷�yadi 峁峁ａ弓h墨dvit墨y膩nt膩nnik峁涐梗峁乼 tarab膩daya岣� |
nyakk膩ri峁嚹� syurutk峁涐梗峁璭 prak峁泃e岣� sy膩t vili峁単at膩 || 159 ||159. If the suffixes tamap etc. are added to a word ending in the sixth or second case-affix, expressive of what is inferior, then they would be expressive of what surpasses and then there would be discrepancy in gender as compared with that of the stem.
Commentary
[P. 5. 3. 55 teaches the suffixes tamap and 颈峁ａ弓丑补苍 when the idea of something surpassing another has to be expressed. There is much discussion among grammarians as to how the word 补迟颈艣腻测补苍别 in the 蝉奴迟谤补 is to be interpreted, that is whether it expresses the agent (karta), the instrument (办补谤补峁嘺) or the bare action (产丑腻惫补). If it is interpreted to mean that these two suffixes are added to words expressive of what is lesser in degree and having the second or the sixth case-ending, then the word 补迟颈艣腻测补苍别 would qualify the meaning of the suffix and then the meanings of the stem and suffix being different from each other could have different genders.]
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