History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.1954

v7.c99.1954

Śabara, a. of bhāṣya on Pūrva mīmāṁsā-sūtra (vide under Kumārila, Vṛttikāra), vrata defined, 28, 33-4, 73n, 86n, 96n, 237, 607, 701n, 821, 985, 992n, 1032 (meaning of Tantra), 1097-98 (mantras are 'arthaprakāśaka), 1114n, 1154n-56n, 1158, 1167 (Jaimini mentions Bādarāyana in P M S I 1 5 and XI 1 65), 1178 (quotes a Smṛti verse almost identical with Manu), 1180, 1183, 1186-87 (mentions vṛttikāra with respect) 1197, 1202-05, 1208, 1209n, 1211n (on Apūrva), 1212n, 1213 (popular views about heaven), 1214 (mental happiness is *svarga*), 1220-21 (on mantras, their classifications and definitions), 1222, 1224 ('śabdapramānakā vayam'), 1225n (defines *vidhi*), 1226 (what signifies a vidhi), 1227n, 1231n, 1236n, 1237, 1241, 1249n, 1254n, 1255, 1257-60, 1283n, 1286n, 1289-90, 1292, 1294, 1295n, 1297n-1300n, 1304n, 1305n-1308, 1310-1312n, 1317n-18n, 1321n, 1322, 1324n, 1325-1326n, 1329n, 1331n cites a verse defining 'tantra'), 1332n-35, 1512n (on affix 'tvā'), 1527, 1544n, 1626, at least one thousand quotations on Śabara's bhāṣya are taken from Tai. S. and Br. 1218; bhāṣya of, is earliest extant com on P M. S 1187, bhāṣya of, quotes about three thousand quotations of which several hundreds have not been identified 1218, Bṛhatī, is com of Prabhākara on, 1189, difference between S. and Kumārila as to the subject matter of P M. Sūtras, 1262-63), 1335; flourished between 200-400 A D. 1197; frequently quotes the very words of the Nirukta or pointedly refers to them, 1276 and n, gives three interpretations of P. M S IV. 1 2, out of which one relates to acquisition of wealth 1233, gives far-fetched explanations of the words 'Savitṛ, ' 'Aśvins' and 'Pūṣan' when the Mantra 'devasya tvā' (Tai. S. II. 4 6. 1) is to be addressed by ūha to a deity other than Agni, 1325 and n; mentions Holākā festival as prevalent in Eastern parts of Bhārata 237; numerous commentaries on bhāṣya of 1187-88; omits some sūtras, acc. to Kumārila 1162n, 1188, 1227n, no commentary on Śabara's bhāṣya, composed before Kumārila now available 1188; quotes several verses on P. M matters and also on other topics 1187, stories of events that never occurred are mentioned in the Veda for praise (says Ś.) 1224; styled vṛttikāra sometimes by Kumārila himself 1197.