History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c93.123

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Many glosses on PMS composed by writers of the 10th and following centuries are extant, of which 22 are referred to on p. 166 of vol. VI. of the Sarasvatibhavana Studies (Benares) by M. M. Gopinath Kaviraja in his paper on the ‘Mīmāṁsā Mss. in the Government Sanskrit Library at Benares’ (pp. 165–196). On Śabara's bhāṣya there were numerous commentaries as is clearly indicated by the Ślokavārtika that says that the very first sentence¹⁹³⁷ of Śabara's bhāṣya was interpreted in six different ways before it by commentators and by the Tantravārtika that the bhāṣyakāra did not notice six sūtras after the 'nivitadhikaraṇa' (III. 4. 1-9) and that commentators differed in their reasons for the omission, but all commentators other than Śabara did explain those six sūtras.¹⁹³⁸ None of the commentaries composed before Kumārila is now available.