Aapta Mimansa

Author(s): Saratchandra Ghoshal
Publisher: Bharatiya Gyanpith

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absent in celestial beings like Indra etc., it is found in Buddha and others. In the second verse, it has been mentioned that excellence of heavenly bodies of celestial beings does not constitute the essential of the omniscient. It may be urged : “Be it so. But we might say that celestial beings are not Tirthakrts. We may hold that a Tirthakrt is the omniscient; holding this as the distinctive feature of the omniscient.” To this the reply is, that this cannot be accepted, for there are many who are accepted as Tīrthakrts. Buddha, Kapila and others are known as Tīrthakrts from sāstras. So if we accept this view Buddha, Kapila and others will be the Lord of the Jainas and so will deserve praise.
If we might say, what is the harm in holding that all these Tīrthakşts, Buddha, Kapila etc. are omniscient as well, as accepted by the Jains. The reply to this is that all these lay down different doctrines contradictory to one another. If they were all omniscient they could not have laid down contraditory doctrines. In other words all the founders of different religions cannot be held to be trustworthy because they contradict one another. So it is urged that only one of them can claim to be the best and most reliable.
Kumārila Bhatta has refuted in his commentary on Mimāṁsā-sūtras, the view of Samantabhadra that there is an omniscient being as laid down in Āpta-mimāṁsā. Kumārila is the author of commentaries Sloka-vārtika, Tantra-vārtika and Tup-tikā which expound the Mimāṁsāsūtras of Jaimini. The Mimāṁsā philosophy has also been expounded by Prabhākara. The views of Prabhākara and Kumārila are different at many points. The views of Prabhākara are also known as the views of the Guru and the same as those of Kumārila and Bhatta. Akalanka
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