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 3.14.598
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.14.598:
啶啶粪啶ぎ啷囙く啶掂啶ㄠ 啶多が啷嵿う啷嬥そ啶ㄠ啶 啶� 啶啶班く啷佮啷嵿く啶む 啷�
啶夃お啶ぞ啶ㄠじ啷嵿く 啶むい啷嵿ぐ啶距え啷嵿く啷堗 啶膏啶栢啶ぞ啶ぞ 啶啶� 啶囙し啷嵿く啶む 啷� 啷ク啷� 啷�ye峁Ｅ玴ameyavacana岣� 艣abdo'nyo na prayujyate |
upam膩nasya tatr膩nyai岣� sa峁僰hy膩y膩 bheda i峁ate || 598 ||598. Where another word expressive of the object of comparison is not used, then, according to some, the plurality of the standard of comparison is desired.
Commentary
[The other way is now explained. Where no word other than the one ending in lup and denoting the object of comparison, the image is used, there the standard of comparison 碍腻艣测补辫补 attains plurality, that is, there are many standards of comparison. If the word expressive of the object of comparison is used, the idea of plurality would be understood from that itself and one standard of comparison would serve all the objects of comparison. For example in 碍腻艣测补辫补 iva Devadatta-Yaj帽adatta-Vi峁ａ箛umitr膩 im膩 pratik峁泃aya岣� = these images of Devadatta Yaj帽adatta and 痴颈峁ａ箛耻尘颈迟谤补 are like 碍腻艣测补辫补. But if the word expressive of the object of comparison is not used as when the mere word 碍腻艣测补辫补 is used, a doubt arises as to whether it is the standard of comparison of one image or of more than one. If it is the standard of comparison of more than one, then its singular number can be justified by P. 1.2.51. Therefore, in order to indicate, the plurality of the objects of comparison, the word 碍腻艣测补辫补, having become the standard of comparison attains plurality, and we can say K膩艣yap膩岣� pratik峁泃aya岣�.]