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 3.6.10
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.6.10:
啶呧い啷� 啶ぞ啶粪た啶むお啷佮じ啷嵿啶む啶掂ぞ啶む 啶啶傕さ啶︵啶ぞ啶掂 啶� 啶膏た啶︵啶о啶い啶� 啷�
啶呧じ啷嵿ぎ啶苦え啷嵿え啶班啶ム 啶� 啶多が啷嵿う啷囙え 啶啶班じ啶掂 啶曕啶掂啶苦う啷佮啷嵿く啶む 啷� 啷оウ 啷�ato bh膩峁tapuskatv膩t pu峁僾adbh膩vo na siddhyati |
asminnarthe na 艣abdena 辫谤补蝉补惫补岣� kvaciducyate || 10 ||10. It is because the words (诲补办峁峁嘺 and uttara) have not the same meaning when they are in the masculine gender that they cannot take the masculine form (辫耻峁僾补诲产丑腻惫补). In this sense (of dik), the masculine gender (辫谤补蝉补惫补岣�) is never expressed by the words.
Commentary
[That is why there cannot be assumption of the masculine form by the words 诲补办峁峁嚹� and 耻迟迟补谤腻 when the suffix 鈥�atasuc鈥� (P. 5.3.28) is added to them. These two words have a masculine form also, but with a difference in meaning. When they are masculine, they express 鈥�惫测补惫补蝉迟丑腻鈥� and not dik. Unless the meaning is absolutely the same whether the word be masculine or feminine, there cannot be assumption of the masculine form (辫耻峁僾补诲产丑腻惫补). If it is held that even when these words express Direction (dik), the idea of 惫测补惫补蝉迟丑腻 (limit, mutual requirement, starting-point) is present, there would still be difference between 鈥�诲颈办艣补产诲补鈥� and 诲别艣补艣补产诲补.]