Vākyapadīya
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Vākyapadīya is a foundational Sanskrit treatise on language and philosophy that systematically presents the sphoṭa theory and explores the relationship between word, sentence, and meaning.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sanskrit treatise
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foundational text of Indian linguistics ⓘ philosophical text ⓘ work on grammar ⓘ |
| alternativeTransliteration | Vakyapadiya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Mīmāṃsā debates on language
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Vyākaraṇa tradition ⓘ |
| author | Bhartṛhari NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
sphoṭa
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śabda-brahman ⓘ |
| commentaryTradition |
Helārāja’s commentary
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Punyarāja’s commentary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discusses |
epistemology of linguistic understanding
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ontology of word ⓘ relationship between sentence and meaning ⓘ relationship between word and meaning ⓘ unity of linguistic expression ⓘ |
| explores |
relation between thought and language
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role of convention (saṃketa) in meaning ⓘ sentence as primary unit of meaning ⓘ status of universals and particulars in language ⓘ temporal process of speech and timelessness of sphoṭa ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
non-atomistic view of language
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unity of sentence meaning over individual words ⓘ |
| form | verses in metrical form ⓘ |
| genre | kārikā text ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Brahma-kāṇḍa
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Prakīrṇaka-kāṇḍa NERFINISHED ⓘ Vākya-kāṇḍa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Indian theories of poetics
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Mīmāṃsā theorists of sentence meaning ⓘ Navya-Nyāya logicians NERFINISHED ⓘ later Sanskrit grammarians ⓘ |
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| mainDoctrine | sphoṭa theory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalPosition | language as manifestation of ultimate reality ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Bhartṛhari’s school of grammarian philosophy ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | Indian subcontinent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| script | originally written in a Brahmi-derived script ⓘ |
| structure | three kāṇḍas ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Indology
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comparative linguistics ⓘ history of philosophy ⓘ |
| subject |
metaphysics of word
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philosophy of language ⓘ semantics ⓘ theory of cognition ⓘ |
| timePeriod | circa 5th century CE ⓘ |
| tradition | Indian philosophy of language ⓘ |
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