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 3.14.472
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.14.472:
सर्वैर्विशिष्टास्तैरर्थैर्जन्यन्ते सहचारिभिः ।
बुद्धयः प्रतिपत्तॄणां शब्दार्थांस्तानतो विदुः ॥ ४७२ ॥sarvairviśiṣṭāstairarthairjanyante sahacāribhiḥ |
buddhayaḥ pratipattṝṇāṃ śabdārthāṃstānato viduḥ || 472 ||472. Cognitions of hearers take place which are qualified by all the associated things. Therefore they are all said to be the meaning of the word.
Commentary
[In cognition, objects figure as characterised by the universal qualities and actions and as words convey objects as cognised, from them also objects are similarly cognised. That is why a combination of these things is said to be the meaning of a word. As purposive action is applied to substance, that is the main meaning of a word but as qualified by the universal etc. As the whole thing is one, the singular number is used. In the view that substance is the meaning of a word, what is meant is substance in which the universal inheres. As such a substance cannot be devoid of action and quality, these latter are also understood. In this view, on the other hand, they all come within the range of the word. That is the difference.]