Shabara Svamin
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Shabara Svamin was an influential early Indian philosopher and commentator whose work on the Mimamsa school’s foundational texts significantly shaped Hindu ritual and hermeneutic thought.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Shabara Svamin canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T966746 — 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 Svamin Context triple: [Mimamsa, importantTeacher, Shabara Svamin]
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A.
Savyasachi
Savyasachi is a celebrated epithet of the Mahabharata hero Arjuna, highlighting his legendary ambidextrous skill in archery and combat.
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B.
Murugan
Murugan is a prominent Hindu deity of war and victory, especially revered in South India and Sri Lanka, often depicted as a youthful god with a spear and associated with wisdom and valor.
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C.
Shravikas
Shravikas are lay followers in Jainism who observe religious duties and ethical principles while living a household life outside the monastic order.
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D.
Jagat Narayan
Jagat Narayan was an Indian educationist and public figure who served as a member of the British-era Hunter Commission on education reforms.
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E.
Jayatirtha
Jayatirtha was a prominent 14th-century Dvaita Vedanta philosopher and theologian renowned for his authoritative commentaries that systematized and clarified Madhvacharya’s dualistic teachings.
- 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 Svamin Target entity description: Shabara Svamin was an influential early Indian philosopher and commentator whose work on the Mimamsa school’s foundational texts significantly shaped Hindu ritual and hermeneutic thought.
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A.
Savyasachi
Savyasachi is a celebrated epithet of the Mahabharata hero Arjuna, highlighting his legendary ambidextrous skill in archery and combat.
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B.
Murugan
Murugan is a prominent Hindu deity of war and victory, especially revered in South India and Sri Lanka, often depicted as a youthful god with a spear and associated with wisdom and valor.
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C.
Shravikas
Shravikas are lay followers in Jainism who observe religious duties and ethical principles while living a household life outside the monastic order.
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D.
Jagat Narayan
Jagat Narayan was an Indian educationist and public figure who served as a member of the British-era Hunter Commission on education reforms.
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E.
Jayatirtha
Jayatirtha was a prominent 14th-century Dvaita Vedanta philosopher and theologian renowned for his authoritative commentaries that systematized and clarified Madhvacharya’s dualistic teachings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu theologian
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Indian philosopher ⓘ Mimamsa scholar ⓘ Sanskrit commentator ⓘ ancient Indian scholar ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Brahmanical scholasticism
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linked to:
Mimamsa
Vedic ritual practice ⓘ |
| commentaryOn |
Jaimini Sutras
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Purva Mimamsa Sutras ⓘ |
| era | early classical period of Indian philosophy ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Mimamsa philosophy
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Vedic exegesis ⓘ hermeneutics ⓘ ritual theory ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
authority of the Vedas
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interpretation of Vedic injunctions ⓘ nature of dharma as known through the Veda ⓘ relation between word and meaning ⓘ theory of sentence meaning ⓘ |
| influenced |
Kumarila Bhatta
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linked to:
Kumārila Bhaṭṭa
Prabhakara Mimamsa tradition ⓘ development of Hindu ritual hermeneutics ⓘ later Hindu ritual theory ⓘ later Nyaya and Vedanta discussions of hermeneutics ⓘ |
| inMimamsaCanon | foundational commentator ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Shabara Bhashya
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commentary on the Purva Mimamsa Sutras of Jaimini ⓘ |
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| philosophicalPosition |
defense of Vedic ritualism against rival schools
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emphasis on linguistic analysis of Vedic texts ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
Purva Mimamsa
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linked to:
Mimamsa
|
| region |
Indian subcontinent
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linked to:
South Asia
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| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| roleInTradition | systematizer of early Mimamsa thought ⓘ |
| textualGenre | bhashya (commentary) ⓘ |
| textualStatus | earliest extant major commentator on Jaimini Sutras ⓘ |
| tradition | orthodox Brahmanical tradition ⓘ |
| viewOnDharma | dharma is known only through Vedic sentences ⓘ |
| viewOnRitual | ritual action as central means to dharma ⓘ |
| viewOnVeda | Veda as eternal and authorless (apaurusheya) ⓘ |
| workTitle | Shabara Bhashya on the Mimamsa Sutras ⓘ |
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