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Sabda Purva Yoga: Indian Communication Theory and Practice

Authors: Sunil Sondhi

The scientific view of language in Indian tradition as established in the Vedas,Upanishads, and the works of scholars and sages like Panini, Patanjali, Bharatmuni, Bhartrihari, and Abhinavagupta, connects the structure and rules of language, objective reality, and the absolute reality. In this view, the search for general rules underlying the diversity of language is considered as an exploration of the very nature of human mind and its relation with reality. It reveals the interconnections between language, thought and reality. Panini’s grammar, Bharatmuni’s view of dramatic performance as an integrated entity, and Bhartrihari’s view of sentence as a meaningful unit reveal the relationship of the part and the whole, and is seen by them as a reflection of the relationship between Brahma the absolute reality and the objective manifestations in the world. The essential message of Indian classical texts with regard to language and communication is that there are different levels of language between the two extremes termed as Pasyanti and Vaikhari, which correspond to different levels of consciousness of the Absolute Reality. Comprehension of the Absolute Reality lies outside human perceptions of space and time and is therefore is not expressible in ordinary language. The experience of that reality can only be indicated by words that try to go beyond words. Insightful thought and speech require constant connection of higher and lower levels, and the constant interplay of the verbal and cognitive levels.

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