History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.1214

v7.c99.1214

Kumārilabhaṭṭa (vide under Bṛhat-ṭīkā, Ślokavārtika, Smṛti, Tantravārtika), a. of Ślokarvārtika 1179, a. of Tantravārtika, in which he summarises the contents of Purāṇas, 823–24; a. of Bṛhat-ṭīkā, 1185n, 1188, 1247n; a of Ṭup-ṭīkā 1188, differs from Śabara and criticizes Śabāra's bhāṣya many times as being improper or fit to be discarded and as absurd 1294, 1335, does not apply epithets like Bhagavān or Ācārya to Jaimini and once criticizes Jaimini as having composed sūtras of little substance 1162; flourished about 650–700 A. D. 1191, 1198; divergence of views about the chronological position of K and Prabhākara 1190, mentions Vindhyavāsin 1376; points of difference between K and Prabhākara are many, 1190n, relies on Manu for the usefulness of *tarka* 1475; states that Buddha's doctrine attracted śūdras and those that had lost caste 926, tradition that Prabhākara was a pupil of K. 1191; two more works (apart from the three published ones) of K. are Madhyamaṭīkā and Bṛhaṭṭīkā 1188, waged only a polemic war against Buddhists and persecution of them by K is held not proved by Rhys Davids 1009–10; was prepared to accept usefulness of Buddha's teaching up to a limited extent 1009n, 1262.