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 3.14.257
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.14.257:
啶むい啷嵿ぐ啶距じ啶むた 啶ㄠ啷� 啶掂啶む啶む啶班啶啶班ぞ啶灌啶ぃ啶曕啶粪い啷嵿ぐ啶苦く啶距う啶苦き啶苦 啷�
啶掂た啶多啶粪ぃ啶掂た啶多啶粪啶い啷嵿さ啶� 啶曕げ啷嵿お啷嵿く啶む 啶曕啶啶溹啶炧啶溹さ啶む 啷� 啷ㄠカ啷� 啷�tatr膩sati na帽o v峁泃ter产谤腻丑尘补峁嘺k峁triy膩dibhi岣� |
vi艣e峁峁嘺vi艣e峁atva峁� kalpyate kubja办丑补帽箩补vat || 257 ||257. Therefore, as the negative particle stands for non-existence in general, the relation of qualifier and qualified with 产谤腻丑尘补峁嘺. k峁ttriya etc. is understood as in the case of kubja and 办丑补帽箩补.
Commentary
[As the negative particle stands for non-existence in general, the three views become possible, because it can be combined with words expressive of a particular non-existence like 产谤腻丑尘补峁嘺 and the relation of qualifier and qualified between the two will depend upon the speaker鈥檚 intention as in the case of the words Kubja and 碍丑补帽箩补 which can be compounded into Kubja-碍丑补帽箩补 = 鈥榟ump-backed and lame鈥� or into 碍丑补帽箩补-Kubja = 鈥榣ame and hump-backed鈥�, according to one鈥檚 wish, the relation of qualifier and qualified being different each time.]