Vākyapadīya is divided into kāṇḍas (books) such as Brahma-kāṇḍa, Vākya-kāṇḍa, and Prakīrṇaka-kāṇḍa

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Indian philosopher Sanskrit grammarian Sanskrit treatise book of Vākyapadīya philosophical text work on grammar

Vākyapadīya is a foundational Sanskrit treatise on language and philosophy by Bhartṛhari, exploring the nature of word, sentence, and meaning within the Indian grammatical and metaphysical tradition.

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Sanskrit grammarian ⓘ
Sanskrit treatise ⓘ
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philosophical text ⓘ
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sphoṭa theory of language ⓘ
author Bhartṛhari NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralConcept sphoṭa ⓘ
dividedInto kāṇḍas ⓘ
explores cognitive process of understanding sentences ⓘ
relation between language and reality ⓘ
unity of word and meaning ⓘ
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nature of sentence ⓘ
nature of word ⓘ
genre śāstra (systematic treatise) ⓘ
hasPart Brahma-kāṇḍa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Prakīrṇaka-kāṇḍa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vākya-kāṇḍa NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced Indian philosophy of language ⓘ
later Indian grammatical theory ⓘ
knownFor authorship of Vākyapadīya ⓘ
language Sanskrit ⓘ
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period Gupta era NERFINISHED ⓘ
philosophicalOrientation non-dualistic view of language and reality ⓘ
region South Asia ⓘ
surface form: Indian subcontinent
script Devanāgarī (in most modern editions) ⓘ
subject metaphysics ⓘ
miscellaneous topics in language and cognition ⓘ
philosophy of language ⓘ
semantics ⓘ
sentence and its meaning ⓘ
ultimate reality as word ⓘ
tradition Indian grammatical tradition ⓘ
Indian philosophical tradition ⓘ

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