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 3.14.430
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.14.430:
उष्ट्रावयवतुल्येषु मुखेषूष्ट्रश्रुतिर्यथा ।
वर्तते गृहतुल्ये च प्रासादे मधुराश्रुतिः ॥ ४३० ॥uṣṭrāvayavatulyeṣu mukheṣūṣṭraśrutiryathā |
vartate gṛhatulye ca prāsāde madhurāśrutiḥ || 430 ||430. Even if both the words refer to the same object (sāmānādhikaraṇye'pi, as there is the possibility of alternative common properties, the word śūra may be used (for restriction) even when the compound is formed.
Commentary
[This stanza says why the prohibition has been made even when the question of the formation of the compound would not arise in any case owing to the absence of sāmānādhikaraṇya. Even if the word vyāghra in taken as referring to the puruṣa due to superimposition based on a common attribute, the word śūra might be used merely to specify the common attribute. There are many properties in a tiger besides courage. For instance, it is cruel and strong also. To specify the common property which is the basis of the identification, the word śūra would be used. That need not prevent the formation of the compound. But as the formation in such cases is not desired, the prohibition has been made.]