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 3.14.398
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.14.398:
啶多啶ぞ啶い啷嵿さ啶啶� 啶膏ぞ啶ぞ啶ㄠ啶ぎ啶ㄠ啶啶粪ぞ啶啶く啷嬥 啶膏啶ムた啶むぎ啷� 啷�
啶膏ぎ啷嵿お啷傕ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶む啶掂ぞ啶む 啶むう啶ㄠ啶じ啷嵿ぎ啶距う啷� 啶掂た啶多啶� 啶囙い啶� 啶椸ぎ啷嵿く啶む 啷� 啷┼ク啷� 啷�艣y膩matvameva s膩m膩nyamanye峁Ｄ乵ubhayo岣� sthitam |
samp奴r峁嘺tv膩t tadanyasm膩d vi艣e峁 iti gamyate || 398 ||398. According to others, darkness is the common attribute which exists in both. It is called the distinguishing feature because it is complete in one as compared with the other.
Commentary
[Darkness exists in two things and is different in each but the difference, being too subtle, is not noticed and so it is looked upon as the common feature. In one. it is complete an in the other it is not. Completeness or otherwise is the basis of difference. Before, being well-known or otherwise was mentioned as the difference.]