인도 사상의 언어학적 전회

Abstract

The theory of sphoṭa (burst of sound) appears in Mahābhārata and Aṣṭādhyayī, but it was first systematized in Patañjali's Mahābhāṣya. In grammar, sphoṭa is a unit of meaning that is possessed by utterance. There are phoneme (varṇa) sphoṭa, word(pada) sphoṭa, and sentence (vākya) sphoṭa etc. Bhartṛhari just only acknowledged sentence sphoṭa which holds that the sentence is the final unit of meaning conveyed by the speaker. In other words, when a speaker speaks a particular sentence, it is due to the sphoṭa of that sentence. When a listener hears that sentence, the sphoṭa of that sentence arises in her or his mind. Therefore, sentence sphoṭa is a permanent and universal concept for the meaning of speech that is not limited by the speakers, listeners, time, or space.
 This paper examines the relationship between speech, meaning, and object, and notes that in āstika, sphoṭa is interpreted as a concept of the power of Brahman. Furthermore, in Bhartṛhari's theory of semantics on sphoṭa, the paper examines his view that a word denoting a universal (jātiśabda) can be applied to individual reality in some verses of Vākyapadīya. On the other hand, Dignāga’s exclusion of other referents (anyāpoha) theory, which can be seen as a counterpart to the concept of sphoṭa, examines the argument that denies the universality of sound (arthasāmānya) and meaning (śabdasāmānya) in the early part of Pramāṇasamuccayavṛtti V.
 As this study analyzes and compares the semantics surrounding universals between Bhartṛhari's sphoṭa and Dignāga's apoha, it concludes by presenting the possibility that the two interpretations of the meaning of language could lead to conflicting understandings on the relationship between substance and phenomenon in Indian thought. Therefore, the transformation from sphoṭa to apoha on the conception of unversal could be considered the linguistic turn of Indian philosophy.