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 3.14.601
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.14.601:
啶むじ啷嵿ぎ啶距い啷� 啶膏ぞ啶ぞ啶ㄠ啶ざ啶啶︵い啷嵿さ啶啶班じ啶權啶椸さ啶苦え啶苦さ啷冟い啷嵿い啶 啷�
啶夃お啶啶啶む 啶啶� 啶夃お啶ぞ啶ㄠ啶粪 啶︵啶多啶い啷� 啷� 啷ウ啷� 啷�tasm膩t s膩m膩nya艣abdatvaprasa峁単aviniv峁泃taye |
upameyagato bheda upam膩ne峁 d峁浥泍ate || 601 ||601. In order to prevent it from becoming a common word, the diversity of the objects of comparison is seen in the standards of comparison.
Commentary
[When the mere word 碍腻艣测补辫补 is used, the meaning understood may be 鈥榦ffspring of 碍腻艣测补辫补鈥� and not necessarily 鈥榯he image of 碍腻艣测补辫补鈥�. Even if a connection with the standard of comparison is understood, one would understand an object of comparison which is common to one or more standards of comparison. So the word expressive of it would become a word expressive of a common characteristic. In order to prevent that and in order that the diversity of the object of comparison may be understoood, the standard of comparison assumes diversity.]