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A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.933

A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.933

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c5.933

KUMĀRILA-BHATTA, KUMĀRILA-SWĀMĪ. A celebrated teacher of the Mīmānsā philosophy and opponent of the Buddhists, whom he is said to have extirpated by argument and by force. He was prior to Sankarāchārya, in whose presence he is recorded to have burnt himself.