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 2.385
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 2.385:
पात्रादिभेदान्नानात्वं यस्यैकस्योपदिश्यते ।
विपर्यये वा भिन्नस्य तस्यैकत्वं प्रकल्प्यते ॥ ३८५ ॥pātrādibhedānnānātvaṃ yasyaikasyopadiśyate |
viparyaye vā bhinnasya tasyaikatvaṃ prakalpyate || 385 ||385. The action of eating which is one has been declared to be many because of difference in vessels etc. Or the action of eating which is really varied (because of difference in the satisfaction of the eaters) is thought of as one (because of identity of time, place etc).
Commentary
[Thus difference of opinion on this matter has been shown.]
The final position is now stated.