Kumārila Bhaṭṭa

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Hindu philosopher Indian philosopher Mīmāṃsā scholar Vedic scholar logician theologian

Kumārila Bhaṭṭa was a prominent 7th–8th century Indian philosopher and theologian known for his influential defense of Vedic ritualism and development of the Purva Mimamsa school.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Kumarila Bhatta	5
Kumarila school of Mimamsa	1
Kumārila Bhaṭṭa canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T966745 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Kumārila Bhaṭṭa
Context triple: [Mimamsa, importantTeacher, Kumārila Bhaṭṭa]

A. Jayanta Bhatta
Jayanta Bhatta was a prominent 9th-century Indian philosopher and logician of the Nyāya school, known for his influential works on epistemology, logic, and Hindu philosophical theology.
B. Ramanujacharya
Ramanujacharya was an influential 11th–12th century Indian philosopher and theologian who systematized the Vishishtadvaita (qualified non-dualism) school of Vedanta and shaped Sri Vaishnavism.
C. Nimbarkacharya
Nimbarkacharya was a medieval Hindu philosopher and theologian best known for founding the Dvaitadvaita (dualistic–non-dualistic) school of Vedanta centered on devotion to Radha-Krishna.
D. Adi Shankaracharya
Adi Shankaracharya was an 8th-century Indian philosopher and theologian who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta and played a key role in reviving Hinduism through his writings and monastic institutions.
E. Gangesha Upadhyaya
Gangesha Upadhyaya was a 12th–13th century Indian philosopher and logician, renowned as the founder of the Navya-Nyāya (New Logic) school through his seminal work Tattvacintāmaṇi.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Kumārila Bhaṭṭa
Target entity description: Kumārila Bhaṭṭa was a prominent 7th–8th century Indian philosopher and theologian known for his influential defense of Vedic ritualism and development of the Purva Mimamsa school.

A. Jayanta Bhatta
Jayanta Bhatta was a prominent 9th-century Indian philosopher and logician of the Nyāya school, known for his influential works on epistemology, logic, and Hindu philosophical theology.
B. Ramanujacharya
Ramanujacharya was an influential 11th–12th century Indian philosopher and theologian who systematized the Vishishtadvaita (qualified non-dualism) school of Vedanta and shaped Sri Vaishnavism.
C. Nimbarkacharya
Nimbarkacharya was a medieval Hindu philosopher and theologian best known for founding the Dvaitadvaita (dualistic–non-dualistic) school of Vedanta centered on devotion to Radha-Krishna.
D. Adi Shankaracharya
Adi Shankaracharya was an 8th-century Indian philosopher and theologian who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta and played a key role in reviving Hinduism through his writings and monastic institutions.
E. Gangesha Upadhyaya
Gangesha Upadhyaya was a 12th–13th century Indian philosopher and logician, renowned as the founder of the Navya-Nyāya (New Logic) school through his seminal work Tattvacintāmaṇi.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu philosopher ⓘ Indian philosopher ⓘ Mīmāṃsā scholar ⓘ Vedic scholar ⓘ logician ⓘ theologian ⓘ
acceptedPramāṇa	comparison (upamāna) ⓘ inference (anumāna) ⓘ non-cognition (anupalabdhi) ⓘ perception (pratyakṣa) ⓘ presumption (arthāpatti) ⓘ verbal testimony (śabda) ⓘ
activeInCentury	7th century ⓘ 8th century ⓘ
associatedWithTextualTradition	Mīmāṃsā commentarial literature ⓘ
commentaryOn	Mimamsa ⓘ surface form: Jaimini’s Mīmāṃsā Sūtra
era	classical Indian philosophy period ⓘ
heldViewOn	Veda as supreme source of dharma ⓘ Vedic ritual as necessary for dharma ⓘ
influenced	Advaita Vedanta ⓘ surface form: Advaita Vedānta Nyāya epistemology ⓘ later Mīmāṃsā authors ⓘ pre-colonial Indian jurisprudence on dharma ⓘ
knownFor	critique of Buddhist philosophy ⓘ defense of Vedic ritualism ⓘ development of Pūrva Mīmāṃsā school ⓘ doctrine of intrinsic validity of knowledge (svataḥ prāmāṇya) ⓘ realist epistemology ⓘ theory of Vedic authority ⓘ
language	Sanskrit ⓘ
mainWork	Tantravārttika ⓘ Ślokavārttika ⓘ Ṭupṭīkā ⓘ
opposed	Buddhism ⓘ Buddhist denial of Vedic authority ⓘ Buddhist epistemology ⓘ Buddhist theory of momentariness ⓘ
philosophicalIdea	acceptance of multiple pramāṇas (means of knowledge) ⓘ eternality and authorlessness of the Veda (apauruṣeyatva) ⓘ primacy of Vedic injunctions (vidhi) ⓘ realism about external objects ⓘ rejection of Buddhist apoha theory of meaning ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	Mimamsa ⓘ surface form: Pūrva Mīmāṃsā
philosophicalTradition	Hindu philosophy ⓘ
region	South Asia ⓘ surface form: Indian subcontinent
religion	Hinduism ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mimamsa → importantTeacher → Kumārila Bhaṭṭa ⓘ

Prabhakara school → differsFrom → Kumārila Bhaṭṭa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kumarila school of Mimamsa

Bhatta school → associatedWith → Kumārila Bhaṭṭa ⓘ