Kumarila, Kumārila: 7 definitions

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In Hinduism

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: IKGA: Asia

Kumārila (ca. 600-650), a representative of the Brahmanic tradition of Mīmāṃsā, which is particularly concerned with the exegesis of Veda and ritual analysis, is one of the most influential philosophers apart from his main adversary Dharmakīrti (ca. 600–660) and like him has greatly shaped the philosophy of the following centuries. In his Ślokavārttika, Kumārila ponders the questions of ontology, epistemology, philosophy of language, ethics, religion, and many others.

Source: WikiPedia: Hinduism

Kumārila Bhaṭṭa (कुमारिल भट्ट, fl. roughly AD 700) was a maithil brahmin Hindu philosopher and Mimamsa scholar from Assam. He is famous for many of his seminal theses on Mimamsa, such as Mimamsaslokavarttika. Bhaṭṭa was a staunch believer in the supreme validity of Vedic injunction, a great champion of Purva-Mimamsa and a confirmed ritualist. The varttika is mainly written as a subcommentary of Sabara's commentary on Jaimini's Purva Mimamsa Sutra. His philosophy is classified by some scholars as existential realism.

Source: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press: Kumārila on Truth, Omniscience, and Killing

Kumārila is commonly regarded as having been one of the most brilliant brahmanical philosophers of the Classical Period in India, a thinker whose ideas influenced almost all later brahmanical thought. Of his works, the Ślokavārttika is possibly the most important. Defending the authoritativeness of the Vedic scripture, in the codanāsūtra section Kumārila discusses theories concerning truth, omniscience, and ritual killing.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kumārila (कुमारिल).—[masculine] [Name] of a philosophical teacher.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kumārila (कुमारिल):—[from kumāra] m. Name of a renowned teacher of the Mīmāṃsā philosophy.

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Kumarila in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Search found 104 books and stories containing Kumarila, Kumārila; (plurals include: Kumarilas, Kumārilas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

2. The Bhagavadgita in the pre-Shankaracharya Jain Sources < [Volume 1 (1945)]

Index (of first volume) < [Volume 1 (1945)]

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5. The Idea of Mediate Causality < [Chapter 2 - The Mīmāṃsā model of Puruṣārtha and the role of Scripture]

1. Introduction < [Chapter 2 - The Mīmāṃsā model of Puruṣārtha and the role of Scripture]

3. Liberation in Kumārila’s Thought: Introduction < [Chapter 3 - The Highest Good and Liberation in pre-Śaṅkara Mīmāṃsā]

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Verse 1443-1446 < [Chapter 18 - Inference]

Verse 1779 < [Chapter 20 - Examination of Syādvāda (doctrine)]

Verse 2016 < [Chapter 23 - External World]

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2. Plot (summary) of the Purnapurusarthacandrodaya < [Chapter 14: Purnapurusarthacandrodaya (Purna-Purusartha-Chandrodaya)]