History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c93.149

v7.c93.149

¹⁹⁵⁰ That Umbeka was a pupil of Kumārila follows from the following considerations. In his com on the Bhāvanāviveka (p 43) Umbeka quotes a half verse from Bhattapāda (यथोक्तं भट्टपादैः । अन्यदेव हि धात्वर्थसामान्यं करणात्मकम्) and on the same page he quotes another half verse 'यथोक्तं गुरुणा-अन्यच्च भावना नाम साध्यत्वेन व्यवस्थितम्'. These two halves make one verse on p 383 of the Tantravārtika, the latter half of which is again ascribed by Umbeka (on p 92 of his com on the same work) to Bhattapāda It follows that Bhattapāda was his guru Prof Kunhan Raja tries to wriggle out by advancing the theory (on pp XXXVII-XXXVIII of his Intro) that some later scribe inserted the word 'gurunā' and argues that there is no proof of Bhattapāda being Umbeka's guru. Unless another reliable ms. of Umbeka's commentary is found which omits the word 'gurunā' or substitutes in its place some other word it is not open to us to hold that the reading is not trustworthy and then build positive or negative propositions on our own speculations alone The Uveyaka whose view is quoted by Kamalasīla in Tattvasangraha (G O S p 812 'उवेयकस्याप न बोधात्मकं नाम ज्ञानाना प्रामाण्य, किं तर्हि, अर्थाविसंवादित्वम्') is probably उम्बेक, whose name is written in several different ways in works and mss. (vide M M Jha's Intro to Bhāvanāviveka p 2). If this identity is correct उम्बेक must have flourished before 750 A. D and chronology would not be against Umbeka being a pupil of Kumārila The Yukti-snehaprapūraṇī on Śāstradīpikā quotes Umbekabhatta in several places. But one long quotation from Umbeka on p. 30 is very striking In this both Śabara and Vārtikakāra (i e Kumārila) are severely criticized and after quoting the famous verse frequently cited in the Mahābhārata गुरोरप्यवलिप्तस्य . परित्यागो विधीयते he discards the views of the Vārtikakāra. Śabara is separated from Umbeka by several centuries and was not Umbeka's guru Therefore, this passage (that occurs on pp 105-108 of the तात्पर्यटीका of Umbeka on Ślokavārtika, pub by Madras Un in 1940) leads to the inference that the Vārtikakāra was (*Continued from last page*) Umbeka's guru The युक्तिस्नेहमपूरणी writes 'अत्रोम्बेकभट्टैरिदं तु वार्तिककारीयं दूषणं समर्थनं सर्वनेवात्मविशीर्णिमित्यादिना श्येनादौ न कस्यचिदनर्थत्वम् ... तस्यानर्थप्रतिपादनपर इयेनो वज्र इत्याादि भाष्यमुपेक्षणीयम् । गुरोरप्य • विधीयते इत्यनेन ग्रन्थेन वार्तिकं भाष्यं च दूषितम् । It is quite clear that at least the युक्तिस्नेहमपूरणी holds that the वार्तिक view is discarded by उम्बेक The words इदं वार्तिककारीयं दूषणं ... विशीर्णम् occur on p 105 (at end) of the तात्पर्यटीका; the words श्येनो वज्र इत्यु० occur in Śābarabhāṣya on p 18 (Ānan. ed ) The verse गुरोरप्यवलिप्तस्य occurs on p 108 of तात्पर्यटीका