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 2.43
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 2.43:
啶� 啶む啶掂え啷囙啶う啶膏啶ム啶た 啶啶班い啶苦き啷囙う啶� 啶膏ぎ啶距お啷嵿く啶む 啷�
啶溹ぞ啶むた啶掂い啷嵿じ啶啶︵ぞ啶啶洁お啶� 啶膏啶栢啶ぞ啶掂い啷嵿啶侧啶啶い啷� 啶ぐ啷堗 啷� 啷ォ 啷�sa tvanekapadasthopi pratibheda峁� sam膩pyate |
j膩tivatsamud膩ye'pi sa峁僰hy膩vatkalpyate parai岣� || 43 ||43. Even though it rests on many words, it is found in full in each like the universal, or, like number, it is said to rest, by others, on the whole collection of words also.
Commentary
[The universal is supposed to exist in every individual in full. Number is supposed to exist in all the units together. Similarly, the view that the sentence-meaning rests on many words is understood by some to mean that it exists in each part of it in full like the universal and by others to mean that it exists in the totality of words also. Those who hold the latter view go by the principle that what does not exist in the part cannot exist in the totality. As the 础尘产腻办补谤迟谤墨 puts it: na hyavayav膩pary膩ptasya samud膩ye pary膩ptir asti. Both 笔耻峁噛补谤腻箩补 and the 痴峁泃迟颈 speak about these two views.
The 蝉补峁僩丑腻迟补 view is now explained from the 补苍惫颈迟腻产丑颈诲丑腻苍补 point of view: