Vakyapadeyam: Of Bhatruhari, Tattyam brahmakandakhyam Prathamam Kandam Hindi
- Delhi Parimal Publication 2013
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Bhartrihari's views on language build on that of earlier grammarians such as Patanjali, but were quite radical. A key element of his conception of language is the notion of sphoṭa – a term that may be based on an ancient grammarian, Sphoṭāyana, referred by Pāṇini now lost.