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The Authorship of the Vākyapadiya-Vrtti
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sāmānye 'vasthitānām padānām viseşe 'vasthānam ity etasmin satyatāmsena 26 parigrhyamāņe sāmānyārthas tirobhūto na višeşe 'vatişthate / upättasya kutas tyāgo, nivrttaḥ kvāvatişthatām // 2.15 // (f) nitya-vādinām tv 27 anāgantukam anatikrāntam anupacayāpaсауат prakāšaka-prakāśyatvam kārya-kārana-rūpatā / antarmātrātmanas tasya sabda-tattvasya sarvadā || 2.32 // (g) tatraivam śāstremāparyudaste višeşāntara-sahacāriņi dravyatve asamnidhau pratinidhir mā bhūn nityasya karmaṇaḥ / kāmyasya vā pravsttasya lopa ity upapadyate // 2.70 // (h) nirjñāte ca bhede prasiddhārtha-viparyāsa-nimittam yac ca dȚśyate | yas tasmāl laksyate bhedas tam asatyam pracakşate || 2.289 || (i) ye tütsargāpavādayor eka-vākyatvam icchanti teşām niyamah pratişedhaś ca vidhi-seşas tathā sati / dvitiye yo lug ākhyātas taccheşam alukam viduh // 2.350 //
It should be noted that in these instances the introductory words of the V are not simply of the form tasmāt, api ca, apara āha, etc. as they are in some other portions of the V. Nor do they simply explain the background of a verse, although they are found to play that role in other introductions of the V (see 3.8). What we have here are words which are syntactically connected with the verses, which are absolutely essential to understand the connections between verses, and which, in most cases, supplement the statements in the verses significantly. The author of the V clearly does not follow the path which Sanskrit commentators commenting on somebody else's work follow.
3.6 Now we come to the compositional kind of evidence. In verses 1.24—26, eight topics which form the subject matter of the Vākyapadiya are enumerated. They are: (a) meanings determined through analysis; (b) meanings of stable character; (c) linguistic forms or units that are to be analyzed; (d) linguistic forms or units that figure in grammatical derivations; (e) cause-and-effect relation; (f) fitness or capability relation; (g) relation that leads to merit; and (h) relation that causes cognition:
26 My transcript of the Vakya-kāņda-vịtti manuscript reads satyatomsena. C. SHASTRI (1941 [?]) reads satyekāntena.
27 I do not understand the significance of nitya-vādinām tu in this specific context. The preceding verse or portion of the V does not seem to be a statement of the view of the anitya-vādin.
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