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 1.107
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 1.107:
啶掂ぞ啶啶班ぃ啷傕え啶距 啶溹啶炧ぞ啶ㄠじ啷嵿く 啶多が啷嵿う啶む啶掂ぞ啶い啷嵿い啶苦ぐ啶苦し啷嵿く啶む 啷�
啶曕啶多啶氞た啶︵啶︵ぐ啷嵿ざ啶ㄠき啷囙う啷� 啶灌た 啶啶班さ啶距う啷囙し啷嵿さ啶ㄠさ啶膏啶ムた啶む 啷� 啷оウ啷� 啷�v膩yora峁嚺玭膩峁� j帽膩nasya 艣abdatv膩pattiri峁ate |
kai艣ciddar艣anabhedo hi prav膩de峁anavasthita岣� || 107 ||107. Air, atoms, or knowledge is said to be transformed into the word according to some. Thus, in the different doctrines, there is no fixed view on the subject.
Commentary
Some declare that it is air which becomes the word.