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 3.14.95
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.14.95:
啶呧え啷嵿さ啶ぞ啶︵ 啶椸ぎ啷嵿く啶む 啶膏啶洁ぐ啷嵿ぅ啷� 啶掂た啶班啶о 啶掂ぞ 啶ㄠた啶掂ぐ啷嵿い啶む 啷�
啶︵啶掂く啶班啶ムぎ啶班啶ムぞ啶ㄠ啶むぐ啷� 啶掂ぞ啶た 啶むい啷嵿ぐ啶距す啷佮ぐ啷佮お啶膏ぐ啷嵿啶ㄠぎ啷� 啷� 啷カ 啷�anvay膩d gamyate so'rtho virodh墨 v膩 nivartate |
dvayarthamarth膩ntare v膩pi tatr膩hurupasarjanam || 95 ||95. The meaning of the secondary word is understood because its traces persist or that part which is opposed to the meaning of the main word is abandoned. Some also declare the secondary word to have a double meaning.
Commentary
[About the role of the secondary word in a compound there are several views. Some say that some trace of its meaning is left even if it is abandoned, just as the changed colour of an object due to heat persists even after the heat has been removed. Another view is that only that part of the meaning of the secondary word disappears which is opposed to the meaning of the main word. So much far 箩补丑补迟蝉惫腻谤迟丑腻 惫峁泃迟颈岣�. Some hold that the secondary word keeps its meaning and also expresses that of the main word. It qualifies with its meaning the meaning of the main word. Thus it is dvyartha. There are also those who hold that the secondary word completely gives up its meaning and that the meaning of the main word alone is understood from the compound. Thus the main word and the compound become synonyms.]
In what sense there is 箩补丑补迟蝉惫腻谤迟丑腻 惫峁泃迟颈岣� is now explained.