Bhartṛhari
Bhartṛhari (Devanagari: ; also romanised as Bhartrihari; fl. c. 5th century CE) was a Hindu linguistic philosopher to whom are normally ascribed two influential Sanskrit texts:* the ''Trikāṇḍī'' (including ''Vākyapadīya''), on Sanskrit grammar and linguistic philosophy, a foundational text in the Indian grammatical tradition, explaining numerous theories on the word and on the sentence, including theories which came to be known under the name of Sphoṭa; in this work Bhartrhari also discussed logical problems such as the liar paradox and a paradox of unnameability or unsignifiability which has become known as Bhartrhari's paradox, and * the ''Śatakatraya'', a work of Sanskrit poetry, comprising three collections of about 100 stanzas each; it may or may not be by the same author who composed the two mentioned grammatical works.
In the medieval tradition of Indian scholarship, it was assumed that both texts were written by the same person. Modern philologists were sceptical of this claim, owing to an argument that dated the grammar to a date subsequent to the poetry. Since the 1990s, however, scholars have agreed that both works may indeed have been contemporary, in which case it is plausible that there was only one Bhartrihari who wrote both texts.
Both the grammar and the poetic works had an enormous influence in their respective fields. The grammar in particular, takes a holistic view of language, countering the compositionality position of the Mimamsakas and others.
According to Aithihyamala, he is also credited with some other texts like Harikītika and Amaru Shataka.
The poetry constitute short verses, collected into three centuries of about a hundred poems each. Each century deals with a different rasa or aesthetic mood; on the whole his poetic work has been very highly regarded both within the tradition and by modern scholarship.
The name Bhartrihari is also sometimes associated with Bhartrihari traya Shataka, the legendary king of Ujjaini in the 1st century. Provided by Wikipedia
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Published: 1937
Superior document: Vākyapadīyam sāṅgavaiyākaraṇasiddhāntanirūpaṇaṃ śrīhelārājakṛtaprakāśākhyaṭīkāyutam = Vâkyapadîya : a treatise on the philosophy of Sanskṛit Grammar : with a commentary by Helârâja / by Bhartrihari ; edited by Gosvāmī Dāmodara Śāśtrī of Brindaban Volume 2, fasc. 7 & 8
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Published: 1994
Superior document: Vākyapadīya of Bhartṛhari Kāṇḍa 3, Part 1
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Published: 1965-
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Published: 1991
Superior document: Abhandlungen der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Klasse / Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Jahrgang 1991, Nr. 7
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Published: 1928
Superior document: Vākyapadīyam sāṅgavaiyākaraṇasiddhāntanirūpaṇaṃ śrīhelārājakṛtaprakāśākhyaṭīkāyutam = Vâkyapadîya : a treatise on the philosophy of Sanskṛit Grammar : with a commentary by Helârâja / by Bhartrihari ; edited by Gosvāmī Dāmodara Śāśtrī of Brindaban Volume 2, fasciculus 4
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Published: 1964
Superior document: Publications de l'Institut de Civilisation Indienne : Serie in-8° fascicule 24
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Published: 1933
Superior document: Vākyapadīyam sāṅgavaiyākaraṇasiddhāntanirūpaṇaṃ śrīhelārājakṛtaprakāśākhyaṭīkāyutam = Vâkyapadîya : a treatise on the philosophy of Sanskṛit Grammar : with a commentary by Helârâja / by Bhartrihari ; edited by Gosvāmī Dāmodara Śāśtrī of Brindaban Volume 2, fasciculus 6
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Published: 1965
Superior document: Mahābhāṣyaṭīkā (caturthāhnikaparyantā) 1. bhāga
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Published: 1966
Superior document: Vākyapadīya of Bhartṛhari Kāṇḍa 1
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Published: 1965
Publisher: पुण्यपत्तनविद्यापीठाधिकृतैः / Puṇyapattanavidyāpīṭhādhikṛtaiḥ
Superior document: Puṇyapattanavidyāpīṭhapuraskṛtā Saṃskṛta-Prākṛta-granthamālā 2
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Published: 1977
Superior document: Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes 42,4
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Published: 1935-1942
Superior document: Trivandrum Sanskrit Series ...
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Published: 1942
Superior document: The Vākyapadīya (3rd Kāṇḍa) : with the commentary Prakīrṇakaprakāśa of Helārāja son of Bhūtirāja = Vākyapadīyaṃ : (tṛtīyakāṇḍam) Bhūtirājatanayahelārājakṛtaprakīrṇakaprakāśākhyavyākhyopetam Part II. = 2. bhāgaḥ
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Published: 1992
Superior document: Sri Garib Das oriental series 146
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Published: 1930
Superior document: Vākyapadīyam sāṅgavaiyākaraṇasiddhāntanirūpaṇaṃ śrīhelārājakṛtaprakāśākhyaṭīkāyutam = Vâkyapadîya : a treatise on the philosophy of Sanskṛit Grammar : with a commentary by Helârâja / by Bhartrihari ; edited by Gosvāmī Dāmodara Śāśtrī of Brindaban Volume 2, fasciculus 5
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Published: 1965
Superior document: Deccan College building centenary and silver jubilee series 26