KumÄrila Bhaá¹á¹a
Kumarila (also called Kumarila Bhatta; Devanagari: कुमारिल, Kumārila ), an Indian philosopher and Brahmin was in the 7th century (possibly * 600, † 660 ).
Life
Kumarila, whose biography is largely unknown, is considered the second most important teacher in the classic system of Mimansa by his pupil Prabhakara. In his major work Shlokavarttika he commented on the systembegründende Mimansa Sutra from the 3rd century BC and then presented his own teaching as opposed to Buddhist and Jain schools.
It is central to lead a free life of suffering, to meet the practical religious duties of the Veda, taught Kumarila. This also applies if the freedom from suffering would be reached in some cases only in a future life. The guarantee of validity of the Veda lies in the philosophy of language justified eternity of 'natural' connection between überliefertem word and its object.
Expenditure
- Kumārila Bhatta: Ślokavārttika. Translated by Ganganatha Jha, The Asiatic Society, Calcutta, 1985.