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 3.9.29
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.9.29:
जहाति सहवृत्ताश्च क्रियाः स समवस्थिताः ।
व्रीहिर्यथोदकं तेन हायनाख्यां प्रपद्यते ॥ २९ ॥jahāti sahavṛttāśca kriyāḥ sa samavasthitāḥ |
vrīhiryathodakaṃ tena hāyanākhyāṃ prapadyate || 29 ||29. It passes (jahāti) the actions associated with it just as rice seeds abandon water. Hence it is called hāyana (year).
Commentary
[Time is One. As it passes various actions during a certain period, it is called hāyana = that which passes or abandons. (See P. 3.1.148) The rice seed is also called hāyana because it abandons the water which was associated with it.]