History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c93.192
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c93.192
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Śabara. The Prakaraṇapañcikā also states that there is no proof that a sacrifice (yāga) is a means of pleasing the deity and that to say that there is worship of a deity in a yāga is really metaphorical From this and the preceding doctrine (No. 1) it follows that P. M. S., Śabara, and Kumārila discard the idea that the Veda is the word of God or that rewards of religious acts are due to the favour or grace of God. It is therefore that the Padmapurāṇa quoted (in note 1957a) above dubs Jaimini's doctrine 'nirīśvaravāda' (Godless)