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 2.313
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 2.313:
啶啶班啷嵿し啶距げ啶ㄠ 啶多ぐ啶距さ啶距ぃ啶距 啶膏啶ムぞ啶侧啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶ぞ啶班啶溹え啶� 啶むぅ啶� 啷�
啶呧え啷佮啷嵿い啶お啶� 啶班啶啶� 啶啶溹啶啷嵿啶む啶掂ぞ啶む 啶啶班い啷�啶い啷� 啷� 啷┼ェ啷� 啷�prak峁Ｄ乴ana峁� 艣ar膩v膩峁嚹佱箖 sth膩l墨n膩峁� m膩rjana峁� tath膩 |
anuktamapi r奴pe峁嘺 bhujya峁単atv膩t prat墨yate || 313 ||313. (When an order for feeding somebody is given) the washing of the dishes and plates, though not actually mentioned, is also understood because it is part of the action of feeding.
Commentary
[The point made here, is that what is invariably concomitant with the chief meaning is also conveyed even though no word expressive of it is used.]
The factors which enable us to decide which meaning is primary, which secondary and which implied are now enumerated.