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 2.274
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 2.274:
啶掂た啶ぐ啷嵿く啶距じ啶距う啶苦さ啶距ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶膏啶� 啶い啷嵿ぐ啶距ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶距え啷嵿い啶班い啶距ぎ啶苦さ 啷�
啶え啷嵿く啶ㄠ啶む 啶� 啶椸さ啶距う啶苦じ啷嵿い啷� 啶椸啶� 啶囙い啷嵿く啷佮啷嵿く啶む 啶曕啶掂啶苦い啷� 啷� 啷ㄠキ啷� 啷�vipary膩s膩div膩rthasya yatr膩rth膩ntarat膩miva |
manyante sa gav膩distu gau峁嘺 ityucyate kvacit || 274 ||274. When an object appears like another as though by misapprehension, then words like cow expressing the latter are said to be in a secondary sense.
Commentary
The author now speaks about 惫颈辫补谤测腻蝉补, misapprehension on the basis of the distinction between primary and secondary.
[Read verse 274 above]
[One can apply a word expressive of one thing to another, either through misapprehension or deliberate superimposition. To call mother-of-pearl (艣耻办迟颈) silver after misapprehension in the dark is an example of the first case. To apply the word cow to a 惫腻丑墨办补 on seeing some resemblance between the two and not. because of misapprehension is an example of the second case. Here there is no wrong identification because one clearly sees the difference. That is why the word iva is used after 惫颈辫补谤测腻蝉补.]
The author now -speaks about shape and power as the basis of the distinction between primary and secondary.