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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shabara Svamin canonical | 1 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu theologian
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Indian philosopher ⓘ Mimamsa scholar ⓘ Sanskrit commentator ⓘ ancient Indian scholar ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Mimamsa
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surface form:
Brahmanical scholasticism
Vedic ritual practice ⓘ |
| commentaryOn |
Jaimini Sutras
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Purva Mimamsa Sutras ⓘ |
| era | early classical period of Indian philosophy ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Mimamsa philosophy
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Vedic exegesis ⓘ hermeneutics ⓘ ritual theory ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
authority of the Vedas
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interpretation of Vedic injunctions ⓘ nature of dharma as known through the Veda ⓘ relation between word and meaning ⓘ theory of sentence meaning ⓘ |
| influenced |
Kumārila Bhaṭṭa
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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
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commentary on the Purva Mimamsa Sutras of Jaimini ⓘ |
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| philosophicalPosition |
defense of Vedic ritualism against rival schools
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emphasis on linguistic analysis of Vedic texts ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
Mimamsa
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surface form:
Purva Mimamsa
|
| region |
South Asia
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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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