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 2.174
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 2.174:
啶曕啶多啶氞た啶ㄠ啶ㄠた啶班啶掂啶ㄠ 啶た啶ㄠ啶ㄠ 啶椸た啶班い啷囙ぐ啷嵿啶班啶溹い啷囙ぐ啷嵿啶啶� 啷�
啶椸さ啶む啶班啶椸い啶︵啶班啶掂ぞ啶た 啶椸啶班た啶む啶い啷嵿ぐ啶距え啷佮う啶班啶多た啶むぎ啷� 啷� 啷оキ啷� 啷�kai艣cinnirvacana峁� bhinna峁� giratergarjatergame岣� |
gavatergataderv膩pi gaurityatr膩nudar艣itam || 174 ||174. Some have derived the word go from girati (to utter) or garjati (to roar) or gami (to go) or gavati (to sound or) gadati (to articulate).
Commentary
[The purpose of the verse is to show the extraordinary variety that there can be in the derivation of the same word by different scholars. Here the word go is taken as the example. Though usually it is derived from gacchati, it is possible to derive it from any one of the other roots mentioned in the verse. Both the sound of the verb and its meaning have something to do with the derivation.]