Indian Philosophy v2.c25.s1.8

v2.c25.s1.8

The fourth century B.C. is the earliest period we can assign for Jaimini's work, which is familiar with the Nyāya and the Yoga Sūtras.¹ Śabara is the author of the chief commentary on the work of Jaimini. He lived about the first century B.C.² Evidently there were commentators on Jaimini's work prior to Śabara, such as Bhartṛmitra,³ Bhavadāsa,⁴ Hari,⁵ and Upavarṣa,⁶ but their works are not available. Śabara's work is the main basis of all later Mīmāṁsā writings.