• Dr. Tripti Dhar

Sphoța theory is a significant concept to the vital problem of common linguistics and as well as linguistic philosophy. This theory holds that a word or a sentence is not just an arrangement made up of different sound units arranged in a particular order, but a single whole, a single symbol which bears a meaning. The idea of sphoța was variously formulated by different philosophers in different form. Sphoța is a simple meaning-bearing unit , which may be a kind of word or sentence. The derivative meaning of the term ‘Sphoța’ is that form which the meaning bursts forth, i.e is revealed (Nāgeśabhațța, 1956). Mādhava in his Sarvadarśanasamgraha has explained the etymology of the term ‘bursts’, which means ‘is made explicit’. So , sphoța means what is made explicit (vyaj) by letters on the hand, and what , being made explicit, makes the meaning explicit on the other hand. The concept sphoṭa was not originally offered by Bhartrhari. He used it as the fundamental concept for the study of language. Later grammarians developed the theory further.

Sphoța, śabdabrahman, dhvani, Śabda bhāvanā, Grammar,

"The Sphoța theory: For and Against", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 7, page no.1202-1207, July-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1912161.pdf

"The Sphoța theory: For and Against", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 7, page no. pp1202-1207, July-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1912161.pdf