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 3.14.371
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.14.371:
啶むぅ啶距す啶� 啶膏い啶� 啶膏啶班き啷嵿く啷� 啶啶︵ 啶溹ぞ啶む啶啶む啶げ啶距う啶苦し啷� 啷�
啶椸え啷嵿ぇ啶距え啶距 啶膏い啶� 啶啶︵ 啶む 啶膏ぞ啶︵啶多啶ぎ啷佮お啶侧き啷嵿く啶む 啷� 啷┼キ啷� 啷�tath膩hi sati saurabhye bhedo j膩tyutpal膩di峁 |
gandh膩n膩峁� sati bhede tu s膩d峁浥泍amupalabhyate || 371 ||371. Where there is fragrance, it is a distinguishing factor as in the case of the 箩腻迟颈 (jasmine) and utpala (lotus) flowers. Resemblance is also seen between fragrances which differ from one another.
Commentary
[Flowers like jasmine and lotus have not only got smell in general but also a fragrance which distinguish them from other flowers having no fragrance. Thus, fragrance is the peculiarity of the smell of some flowers. There can also be a resemblance between the fragrances of the fragrant flowers. That would then be a common peculiarity, not so comprehensive and yet a common property (补辫补谤补蝉腻尘腻苍测补 = less comprehensive common property). What is true of smell is also true of colour.]