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Jaiminisūtras had a standard Bhasya by Savara Svāmi. The Sūtras are divided into 12 chapters, the majority of them having 4 pādas only, but a small minority,
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Kumārila commented upon the whole of the Bhasya. The first pāda of the first chapter he commented in verse. Therefore, it is called Slokavārtika. From the beginning of the second pāda of the 1st chapter to the end of the fourth pāda of the 3rd chapter which has 8 pādas, he commented fully in prose. This prose commentary is called Tantravārttika. From the beginning of the fifth pāda of the 3rd chapter to the end his commentary is brief, and this is called suptākā (Tantraratna according to Hall).
Pārthasārathi's commentary on Slokavārttika is entitled Nyāyaratnākara. On the Tuptākā his commentary is called Tantraratna.
Rājendralala's No. 2298 contains Tantraratna from the 4th to the 12th chapter, and his No. 719 contains from 4th to the end of the 10th chapter.
Printed, ed. G. Jhā, parts I-II, Saraswati Bhavana Texts, No. 31.
8051.
1236. Tantraratna. Substance, country-made paper, 10 x 41 inches. Lines, 12 on a page. Character, Nāgara. Appearance, old. Prose. Generally correct. Complete.
The Puptīkā begins from the 4th chapter of the Jaiminisūtra.
The present manuscript contains the commentary on Tuptīkā on all the chapters, from the 4th, each separately paged. The chapters seem to have been written by different hands and at different times.
Ch. IV, complete in 101 leaves, was written either by Nārāyana Bhatta or by one of his brothers, as at the commencement an obeisance is made to their parents Rāmeśvara and Sītā.
श्रीभट्टरामेश्वरसौताम्बाचरणेभ्यो नमः ॥ Post-colophon :
ग्रन्थसंख्या ३०००।
