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 3.14.193
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.14.193:
चस्य चासत्त्वभूतोऽर्थः स एवाश्रीयते यदि ।
तद्धर्मत्वं ततो द्वन्द्वे चादिष्वर्थकृतं हि तत् ॥ १९३ ॥casya cāsattvabhūto'rthaḥ sa evāśrīyate yadi |
taddharmatvaṃ tato dvandve cādiṣvarthakṛtaṃ hi tat || 193 ||193. The meaning of ca is non-substancc (asattva) and if that is resorted to, the dvandva compound would have the same attribute (as ca), because, in the case of ca etc., the attribute is the result of the meaning.
Commentary
[The natural meaning of words matters and not necessarily what is mentioned in the śāstra. Otherwise, the dvandva compound which is taught in the sense of ca which is non-substancc, would also become an indeclinable (avyaya) and get no gender and number like ca etc. That ca etc. have no gender and number is due to the nature of their meaning and if the dvandva is formed in the meaning of ca, it would also have no gender and number. Even if a dvandva is not called an avyaya, it would still have no gender and number if its meaning is that of ca, that is, asattva.]