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Bhartṛhari
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Bhartṛhari (Devanagari: ; Bhartrihari; fl. c. 5th century CE), was an Indian-Hindu linguistic philosopher and poet, known for his contributions to the fields of linguistics, grammar, and philosophy. He is believed to have been born in the 5th century in Ujjain, Malwa, India. He decided to live a monastic life and find a higher meaning but was unable to detach from worldly life. He lived as a yogi in Ujjain until his death.
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- The Nītiśataka, Śrīṅgāraśataka and Vairāgyaśataka of Bhartrihari
- The Śatakas of Bhartr̥ihari
- Vākyapadīyaṃ
- Nītisatakam
- Vairāgya çātaka ...
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Quotes
- “यां चिन्तयामि सततं मयि सा विरक्तासाप्यन्यमिच्छति जनं स जनोऽन्यसक्त:।अस्मत्कृते च परिशुष्यति काचिदन्याधिक्ताञ्च तं च मदनं च इमां च मां च ॥”
- “यदा किञ्चिज्ज्ञोऽहं द्विप इव मदान्ध: समभवम्तदा सर्वज्ञोऽस्मीत्यभवदवलिप्तं मम मन:।यदा किञ्चित्किञ्चिद्बुधजनसकाशादवगतंतदा मूर्खोऽस्मीति ज्वर इव मदो मे व्यपगत:॥”
- “संपत्सु महतां चित्तं भवत्युत्पलकोमलं ।आपत्सु च महाशैलशिलासंघातकर्कशम् ॥”
- “श्रोतं श्रुतेनैव न कुण्डलेन दानेन पाणिर्न तु कङ्कणेन”
- “The sun opens the lotuses; the moon illuminates the beds of water-lilies; the cloud pours forth its water unasked: even so the liberal of their own accord are occupied in benefiting others.”
- “Those men are good who study the good of others without regarding themselves. Those men are ordinary men who, while they benefit others, do not neglect their own interests. Those men are demons who destroy another's good for their own profit. What shall we call those who aimlessly destroy that which is another's?”
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Key facts
- Philosopher.birth_place
- Ujjain
- Philosopher.image
- Hindi_Manuscript_884_Wellcome_L0024558.jpg
- Philosopher.caption
- An image of Bhartrhari from an early 18th century Hindi-language manuscript
- Philosopher.era
- 5th century CE
- Philosopher.region
- Madhya Pradesh, India
- Philosopher.main_interests
- Grammar, linguistics
- Philosopher.notable_works
- Vākyapadīya
- Philosopher.notable_ideas
- Sphota
- Philosopher.language
- Sanskrit
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- 0700-00-00
- date of birth
- 0570-01-01
- date of death
- 0651-00-00
- P13311
- Altai
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10 sectionsContents
- Life and background
- Philosophical contributions
- Works
- Vākyapadīya
- Mahābhāṣyatikā
- Śatakatraya
- Influence and legacy
- Further reading
- References
- External links
Bhartṛhari (Devanagari: ; Bhartrihari; fl. c. 5th century CE), was an Indian-Hindu linguistic philosopher and poet, known for his contributions to the fields of linguistics, grammar, and philosophy. He is believed to have been born in the 5th century in Ujjain, Malwa, India. He decided to live a monastic life and find a higher meaning but was unable to detach from worldly life. He lived as a yogi in Ujjain until his death.
He is best known for his works, the Vākyapadīya (a treatise on sentences and words), Mahābhāṣyatikā (a commentary on Patanjali's Mahabhashya), Vākyapadīyavṛtti (a commentary on Vākyapadīya kāṇḍas 1 and 2), Śabdadhātusamīkṣā, and the 300-verse collection Śatakatraya.