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 3.14.580
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.14.580:
स्वं रूपमिति चैतस्मिन्नर्थस्यापि परिग्रहः ।
रूपवज्ज्ञापितस्तस्मादसन्नोऽर्थो ग्रहीष्यते ॥ ५८० ॥svaṃ rūpamiti caitasminnarthasyāpi parigrahaḥ |
rūpavajjñāpitastasmādasanno'rtho grahīṣyate || 580 ||580. In P. 5.1.118, the words svaṃ rūpam make known to us that, like the form, the meaning is also to be taken. Therefore here (in P. 5.1.118), from the word dhātu, its meaning which is near to it would be understood.
Commentary
[Why the meaning of a dhātu would be necessarily understood even if the bare word dhātau had been used in the rule is now explained. Like its form, its meaning is also very near to a word. This is clear by the use of the words svaṃ rūpam in P. 1.1.68. Two things are very near to a word, its form and its meaning. Both are its svam. If the word svam only had been used, one could understand either from it. If it is intended to exclude meaning, it is necessary to use the word rūpa also, in order to specify what is meant.]