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 3.11.15
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.11.15:
द्वित्वादियोनिरेकत्वं भेदास्तत्पूर्वका यतः ।
विना तेन न सङ्ख्यानामन्यासामस्ति सम्भवः ॥ १५ ॥dvitvādiyonirekatvaṃ bhedāstatpūrvakā yataḥ |
vinā tena na saṅkhyānāmanyāsāmasti sambhavaḥ || 15 ||15. Unity is the source of duality etc. because all distinctions are preceded by it. Without it, there is no possibility of the other numbers coming into existence.
Commentary
Now something is going to be said about the nature of number.
[Read verse 15 above]
[The author now raises the question whether duality etc. are the source or different from unity or one-ness. The doctrine is that one-ness or unity is the source of duality etc. All distinctions are preceded by one-ness. Without it, the other numbers cannot come into existence.]