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 3.14.125
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.14.125:
शौर्पिके मासजाते च परिमाणं स्वभावतः ।
उपाधिभूतामाश्रित्य सङ्ख्यां भेदेन वर्तते ॥ १२५ ॥śaurpike māsajāte ca parimāṇaṃ svabhāvataḥ |
upādhibhūtāmāśritya saṅkhyāṃ bhedena vartate || 125 ||125. In the words śaurpika and māsajāta, the measure is differentiated on the basis of the conditioning number.
Commentary
[In śaurpika (formed by P. 5.1.26 and 37.) and māsajāta (formed by P. 2.2.5.) if a particular number included in abhedaikatva is not understood, the meaning meant to be conveyed, namely, the particular price to be paid for the purchase in the case of śaurpika and the period of time which has elapsed after birth in the case of māsajāta would not be conveyed. So one does understand that one śūrpa is the price and that one month has elapsed after birth.]