Bhartṛhari's Perspectivism (3): on the structure of the third Kāṇḍa of the Vākyapadīya

International audienceThe present article is part 3 in a series on “perspectivism” in the philosophy of language of the grammarian-philosopher Bhartṛhari (India, early fifth century C.E.). It is part 3 in the sequence in which the series is meant to be read, although it is the one which was published before all others, in 1993, in volume XVIII of the journal Sambodhi of the L.D. Institute of Indology, Ahmedabad (edited by J.B. Shah and N.M. Kansara) pertaining to 1992-1993. The discussion in this article is parallel to pp. 81-122 and pp. 132-134 of The Saṁbandha-samuddeśa (chapter on relation) and Bhartṛhari’s philosophy of language (Houben 1995b). Parallel means: the discussion in this article contains less and more, it is more compact and more focused on “perspectivism” as the guiding principle in the structuring of the Third Kāṇḍa of the Vākyapadīya, esp. regarding the 13 Samuddeśas preceding the final Vṛtti-samuddeśa (on the structure of which see pp. 123-131 in Houben 1995b). Other articles in the series of studies on “perspectivism” in the philosopy of language of Bhartṛhari appeared in 1994, 1995 and 1997