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 2.156
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 2.156:
संख्याप्रमाणसंस्थाननिरपेक्षः प्रवर्तते ।
बिन्दौ च समुदाये च वाचकः सलिलादिषु ॥ १५६ ॥saṃkhyāpramāṇasaṃsthānanirapekṣaḥ pravartate |
bindau ca samudāye ca vācakaḥ salilādiṣu || 156 ||156. A word denoting water applies equally to a drop and to a large collection of it, irrespective of number, size and shape.
Commentary
[The M. Bhā says that the word ghṛta = clarified butter, can be applied to a drop or to a whole gallon of it. (See M. Bhā. I. p. 184, line 19. and on P. 5.1.115.)].