UCC ID: UCCIK-345515

NCC ID: UCCIK-16.158a.6

Name Of The Text: NIL(NIL)

Name Of The Author: भर्तृहरि (Bhartṛhari)

Total Manuscripts: 5

Subject: -

Language: Sanskrit

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Details Of The Author: alias Hari. believed to have written Vṛttis or Bhāṣyas on both the Pūrva and Uttara Mīm. sūtras, but as there are strong evidences to show that he has elucidated many important doctrines of both the mīm. systems in his Vākyapadīya, it is suggested that he might not have written any commentary on those sūtras. See Tattvabindu, Intro. p. 27 ff. Acc. to tradition of pandits he was son of Śabarasvāmin and his Kṣatriya wife; died about 650 A. D. Bhartrīśvara ref. to by Umbeka in his C. on Ślokavārttika. See P. Mīm. App. pp. 17. 23. 33. q. by Vasurāta, Viṭṭhalācārya. See Belvalkar, Systems of Skt. Gr. p. 143b. See Charudeva Shastri, A critical study with special ref. to the Vākyapadīya an. its Cs., Proceed. A. I. O. C. 5., Lahore, 1928. pp. 630 ̶ 55. also K. A. Subramania Iyer. A study of the Vākyapadīya in the light of the ancient Cs. (Dec. Col. Buildg. Cent. Silver Jub. Ser. 68) Deccan College, Poona 1969.