Karma Mimansa

Author(s): Berriedale Keith
Publisher: Berriedale Keith

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a commentary on the Sastradipikä, and the Mimartsāsärasamgraha, in which he enumerates 1,000 Adhikaranas, allotting to each a quarter verse. An extended version of this work forms his Mimämsäbälaprakāša, on which there is a commentary by Keśava, son of Visvanatha. Appayya himself wrote also the U pakramaparākrama, a treatise on the comparative importance of the commencement and end of a continuous Vedic passage,
The most popular introduction to the Mimāṁsā is probably the Mimãırsānyāyaprukāšak of Apadeva, son of Anantadeva, and pupil of Govinda. His date is determined by the fact that his son, Anantadeva, wrote his Smrti. kaustubha under a prince who lived in the middle of the Seventeenth century. Anantadeva commented on his father's work in the Bhūttalankara, and his brother, Jivadeva, discussed in the Bhattabhāskara the divergent views prevalent in the schools. Even better known, perhaps, is the Arthasangrah24 of Laugākşi Bhāskara, which seems to be based in part on the work of Apadeva, and, if so, must belong to the seventeenth century. This date would suit adequately the probable period of his popular Nyaya-Vaisesika treatise, the Tarkakaumudi Another short text is the Mimõmsaparibhāşas of Krsna Dīkşıta, and the Mimāmsäratna of Raghunatha, who uses the Kaśka,contains some information of value on the views of the opposing schools. Närāyanatirtha Muni's Bhāitabhāsā prabāšac is an exposition of the terminology of the Mimāmsā, while Rāmakrsna Udicya Bhattācārya's Adhikaranakaumudir expounds a selection of interesting Adhikaranas Kliandadeva's Bhattarahasyam deals with the mode of determining which is the leading word in a text under discussion. More interesting is the fact that the famous Vallabha Ācārya is credited with a Pūrvamimämsäkarikā, an epitome in 42 verses of Jaimini's views, written with reference to the doctrine of faith which Vallabha expounded,
1 Ed. Benares, 1904. Eti. Benares, 1902. 8 Ed. Calcutta, 1901; Benares, 1905. * Ed and trans. Thibaut, Benares, 1882.
Ed. Benares, 1904, o Ed. Benares. 1900. 7 Ed. Calcutta, 1885. Ed. Conjeveram, 1900.