The Bhikṣuṇī Maṇimēkhalai

97 - The Philosophical Systems
It is clear from this that the Mīmāṁsa Sāstra was regarded as one
science of twenty books, though compiled by two authors, Jaimini the
first sixteen chapters, and Vyāsa the following four. 59 The whole
work was commented upon by Bodhāyana and the commentary was
ṭi. This is the commentary on the whole work which was
abridged by Upavarṣa. It is after Upavarṣa that the subject came to be
divided into two, and Dēvasvāmin was responsible for taking the first
sixteen chapters and treating of that portion as Pūrva separately. He
was followed in this by Bhavadāsa. Up to the time of Dēvasvāmin
therefore, the work was regarded as one. This is a point of very great
importance, as the Mīmāṁsa is generally regarded as two in orthodox
parlance. The Poem Maṇimēkhalai treats the Mīmāṁsa as one, as
does the Viṣṇu Purāṇa, 60 and not as two separate Śāstras as in later
usage.
ṭi was
originally the name of the commentary from which the author
himself got the name afterwards. [62] His real name, however, was
Bodhāyana. Bodhāyana wrote a commentary on the whole of the
Mīmāṁsa Śāstra of twenty chapters.
59
clear beyond doubt in the introduction to Sarva Siddhānta Saṅgraha
ascribed to Śankarācārya (Ś1. 20). This work otherwise confirms the
description given above of the Mīmāṁsa Śāstra substantially (Ś1. 17-22
idem).
60 III, VII.