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 2.46
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 2.46:
कार्यानुमेयः संबन्धो रूपं तस्य न दृश्यते ।
असत्त्वभूतमत्यन्तमतस्तं प्रतिजानते ॥ ४६ ॥kāryānumeyaḥ saṃbandho rūpaṃ tasya na dṛśyate |
asattvabhūtamatyantamatastaṃ pratijānate || 46 ||46. The connection is to be inferred from its effect; it has.no particular form. That is why some declare it to be absolutely non-existent (as distinct from the meanings of the individual words.)
Commentary
[The effect referred to is the fact of the meaning of the individual word referring to the particular and not merely to the general. The connection inferred has no concrete shape or form. That is why it is said to be asattvabhūta.]
The same view is further explained.