Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s7.t14.5

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*Sabara-bhasya*, a major commentary on *Mimamsa Sutra*, was composed by Sabara in ca the 5th century CE. The school reached its height with thinkers Kumarila Bhaṭṭa and Prabhakara flourishing in ca 7ᵗʰ-8ᵗʰ century CE. Both of them had written extensive commentaries on Sabara’s *Mīmāṃsāsūtrabhāṣyam*. Kumārila Bhaṭṭa wrote *Slokavarttika*, *Tantra-varttika* and *Tuptika*, and Prabhakara wrote *Brhati* and *Laghri* on the *Bhasya* of Sabara. They formed two factions of the Mimamsa school. Their commentaries added some new concepts to the theory contained in *Mimamsa Sutra*. Both of them and their followers exerted substantial influence in the history of Indian thought and became two representative doctrines of Uttara Mīmāṃsā. Madhava expounded the thinking of the Mimamsa school in the 14ᵗʰ century CE. Appaya Diksita and Apadeva were two important figures of Uttara Mimamsa school in the 16th-17th century CE.