Shabara Svamin

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Shabara Svamin was an influential early Indian philosopher and commentator whose work on the Mimamsa school’s foundational texts significantly shaped Hindu ritual and hermeneutic thought.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu theologian
Indian philosopher
Mimamsa scholar
Sanskrit commentator
ancient Indian scholar
associatedWith Mimamsa
surface form: Brahmanical scholasticism

Vedic ritual practice
commentaryOn Jaimini Sutras
Purva Mimamsa Sutras
era early classical period of Indian philosophy
fieldOfWork Mimamsa philosophy
Vedic exegesis
hermeneutics
ritual theory
focusesOn authority of the Vedas
interpretation of Vedic injunctions
nature of dharma as known through the Veda
relation between word and meaning
theory of sentence meaning
influenced Kumārila Bhaṭṭa
surface form: Kumarila Bhatta

Prabhakara Mimamsa tradition
development of Hindu ritual hermeneutics
later Hindu ritual theory
later Nyaya and Vedanta discussions of hermeneutics
inMimamsaCanon foundational commentator
knownFor Shabara Bhashya
commentary on the Purva Mimamsa Sutras of Jaimini
language Sanskrit
philosophicalPosition defense of Vedic ritualism against rival schools
emphasis on linguistic analysis of Vedic texts
philosophicalSchool Mimamsa
surface form: Purva Mimamsa
region South Asia
surface form: Indian subcontinent
religion Hinduism
roleInTradition systematizer of early Mimamsa thought
textualGenre bhashya (commentary)
textualStatus earliest extant major commentator on Jaimini Sutras
tradition orthodox Brahmanical tradition
viewOnDharma dharma is known only through Vedic sentences
viewOnRitual ritual action as central means to dharma
viewOnVeda Veda as eternal and authorless (apaurusheya)
workTitle Shabara Bhashya on the Mimamsa Sutras

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Mimamsa importantTeacher Shabara Svamin