chapter one a survey of sanskrit commentary literature in kerala

24Prabh¡kara who formed a different school wrote two independent commentariesB¤hati (nibandha), and Laghvi (Vivara¸a). These are again commented upon byS¡lik¡n¡tha in Rjuvimala and Paµcik¡ elucidating Prabh¡kara’s interpretation ofm¢m¡Æsa. Ma¸·anami¿ra (8 th century AD) who eventually accepted Vedantismunder the influence of Sa´kara and Bhaomveka were also Kum¡rila’s disciples.The former wrote Vidhiviveka, Bh¡van¡viveka and M¢m¡Æs¡nukrama¸¢ while thelater composed commentaries on Slokav¡rtika and Bh¡van¡viveka.P¡rthas¡rathimi¿ra (9 th century AD) wrote S¡strad¢pik¡, Tantraratna andNy¡yaratnam¡l¡ in support of Kum¡rila’s interpretation of m¢m¡Æs¡. Among thefollowers of Kumarila, the most eminent are Sucaritami¿ra author of K¡¿ik¡ andBhaasome¿vara author of Ny¡yasudha. R¡mak¤À¸a’s commentary on theS¡strad¢pik¡ of Tarkap¡da called Yuktisnehaprap£ra¸¢siddhantacandrik¡ andSoman¡tha’s commentary on the remaining chapters of S¡strad¢pik¡ known asMay£kham¡lik¡ are held to be important contribution to m¢m¡Æs¡dar¿ana.ParitoÀami¿ra’s Ajit¡ is a competent commentary on Tantravartika.Other important works on P£ravam¢m¡Æsa are Ny¡yam¡l¡vist¡ra of M¡dhava,