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 3.11.12
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of verse 3.11.12:
अतो द्रव्याश्रितां सङ्ख्यामाहुः संसर्गवादिनः ।
भेदाभेदव्यतीतेषु भेदाभेदविधायिनीम् ॥ १२ ॥ato dravyāśritāṃ saṅkhyāmāhuḥ saṃsargavādinaḥ |
bhedābhedavyatīteṣu bhedābhedavidhāyinīm || 12 ||12. That is why those who believe that everything inheres in a substance (saṃsargavādinaḥ) declare that number inheres in substance and that it brings about identity and difference in things which are beyond both.
Commentary
[As it is due to the number inhering in a substance that one can speak about numeral distinction in qualities also, the followers of Kaṇāda believe that all attributes and properties inhere in substances. That is why they arc called saṃsargavādinaḥ. Number helps to introduce distinction in things which are beyond all distinction and identity.]