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 3.14.622
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.14.622:
啶膏ぞ啶︵啶多啶 啶啶椸啶い啶� 啶曕啶多啶氞た啶︵え啶距さ啶啶啶啶啶い啷� 啷�
啶い啷� 啶む 啶啶班啶むた啶椸い啶� 啶膏ぞ啶啶 啶むい啷� 啶膏す啷囙え啶距き啶苦ぇ啷�啶い啷� 啷� 啷エ啷� 啷�蝉腻诲峁浥泍补峁� 测辞驳测补迟腻 kai艣cidan膩vabhyupagamyate |
yat tu m奴rtigata峁� s膩mya峁� tat sahen膩bhidh墨yate || 622 ||622. Some believe that the 测辞驳测补迟腻 which is expressed by anu is really resemblance whereas resemblance in concrete substances is expressed by saha.
Commentary
[Another way of looking at this matter is now explained. The 鈥榝itness鈥� (测辞驳测补迟腻) which is conveyed by the word anu is resemblance (蝉腻诲峁浥泍补) considered to be one of the meanings of 测补迟丑腻. In that sense, the compound can take place. One can say, for instance: 补苍耻谤奴辫补尘 sur奴po vahati = 鈥榯he good-looking person wears what is similar to or in keeping with his ornaments.鈥� Thus, 补苍耻谤奴辫补尘 is an 补惫测补测墨产丑腻惫补 formed in the sense of resemblance (one of the meanings of 测补迟丑腻) to 谤奴辫补 = ornamentation. The meaning 测补迟丑腻, namely, fitness is connected with or based upon resemblance, which is a mere 驳耻峁嘺, quality. The resemblance which is found in objects, substances, and is due to particular shapes is expressed by saha, as in sasakhi. This kind of resemblance is referred to in the 蝉奴迟谤补 by the word 蝉腻诲峁浥泍补, whereas the word 测补迟丑腻 in the rule refers to resemblance in qualities. Thus, they have different scopes. If, on the other hand, 测辞驳测补迟腻 is understood as something quite different from resemblance, that is, as fitness, then the former explanation for separate mention of 艣腻诲峁浥泍补 in the rule must be accepted.]