Shabara Bhashya
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Shabara Bhashya is an influential ancient Sanskrit commentary on the Purva Mimamsa Sutras, foundational to the Mimamsa school of Hindu philosophy and its theories of ritual and Vedic interpretation.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shabara Bhashya canonical | 4 |
| Śabara-bhāṣya | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6354441 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shabara Bhashya Context triple: [Shabara, knownFor, Shabara Bhashya]
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A.
Sri Bhashya
Sri Bhashya is Ramanujacharya’s authoritative Sanskrit commentary on the Brahma Sutras, foundational to the Vishishtadvaita school of Vedanta philosophy.
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B.
Bhashya
Bhashya is a traditional Sanskrit commentary genre that provides detailed exegesis and philosophical interpretation of authoritative Hindu scriptures.
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C.
Anubhashya
Anubhashya is a Sanskrit commentary on the Brahma Sutras composed by the Hindu philosopher Vallabhacharya, foundational to the Pushtimarg (Path of Grace) tradition.
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D.
Mahābhāṣya
Mahābhāṣya is Patañjali’s monumental and authoritative commentary on Pāṇini’s Aṣṭādhyāyī, foundational to the classical Sanskrit grammatical tradition.
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E.
Brahma Sutra Bhashya
Brahma Sutra Bhashya is Adi Shankaracharya’s influential commentary on the Brahma Sutras that systematically expounds the non-dualistic philosophy of Advaita Vedanta.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shabara Bhashya Target entity description: Shabara Bhashya is an influential ancient Sanskrit commentary on the Purva Mimamsa Sutras, foundational to the Mimamsa school of Hindu philosophy and its theories of ritual and Vedic interpretation.
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A.
Sri Bhashya
Sri Bhashya is Ramanujacharya’s authoritative Sanskrit commentary on the Brahma Sutras, foundational to the Vishishtadvaita school of Vedanta philosophy.
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B.
Bhashya
Bhashya is a traditional Sanskrit commentary genre that provides detailed exegesis and philosophical interpretation of authoritative Hindu scriptures.
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C.
Anubhashya
Anubhashya is a Sanskrit commentary on the Brahma Sutras composed by the Hindu philosopher Vallabhacharya, foundational to the Pushtimarg (Path of Grace) tradition.
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D.
Mahābhāṣya
Mahābhāṣya is Patañjali’s monumental and authoritative commentary on Pāṇini’s Aṣṭādhyāyī, foundational to the classical Sanskrit grammatical tradition.
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E.
Brahma Sutra Bhashya
Brahma Sutra Bhashya is Adi Shankaracharya’s influential commentary on the Brahma Sutras that systematically expounds the non-dualistic philosophy of Advaita Vedanta.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu philosophical text
ⓘ
Mimamsa text ⓘ Sanskrit commentary ⓘ Vedic exegesis text ⓘ |
| associatedWithText |
Jaimini’s Purva Mimamsa Sutras
ⓘ
linked to:
Jaimini Sutras
|
| basedOn | Vedas ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | foundational text of Mimamsa exegesis ⓘ |
| commentaryOn |
Jaimini Sutras
ⓘ
Purva Mimamsa Sutras ⓘ |
| field |
Indian philosophy
ⓘ
Mimamsa hermeneutics ⓘ
linked to:
Mimamsa
Vedic studies ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Dharma as understood in Mimamsa
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Vedic interpretation ⓘ Vedic ritual ⓘ ritual hermeneutics ⓘ |
| genre | Bhashya ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Shabara Svamin ⓘ |
| influenced |
Bhatta sub-school of Mimamsa
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linked to:
Bhatta school
Hindu ritual practice interpretation ⓘ Kumarila Bhatta ⓘ
linked to:
Kumārila Bhaṭṭa
Prabhakara Mishra ⓘ Prabhakara sub-school of Mimamsa ⓘ later Hindu legal theory (Dharmaśāstra) ⓘ |
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
Purva Mimamsa
ⓘ
linked to:
Mīmāṃsā school
|
| region |
Indian subcontinent
ⓘ
linked to:
South Asia
|
| relatedConcept |
Apurva (Mimamsa concept)
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Dharma (ritual duty) ⓘ
linked to:
Dharma
Vedic injunction (vidhi) ⓘ prohibition (nishedha) ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Prabhakara’s Bṛhatī
ⓘ
Slokavarttika ⓘ
linked to:
Ślokavārttika
Tantravarttika ⓘ
linked to:
Tantravārttika
|
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| script | Devanagari (in most modern editions) ⓘ |
| subject |
classification of Vedic sentences
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epistemology of Vedic testimony ⓘ interpretation of Vedic injunctions ⓘ nature of Vedic authority ⓘ relation between word and meaning ⓘ theory of sacrifice ⓘ |
| textType | prose commentary ⓘ |
| timePeriod | ancient India ⓘ |
| tradition | Mimamsa ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Hindu ritual law interpretation
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Vedic ritual training ⓘ traditional Mimamsa scholarship ⓘ |
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linked to: Shabara Bhashya
linked to: Shabara Bhashya