File:5th-century Mimamsa sutra with bhasya, Sabara Svamin Hindu monastic complex of Thrissur, Sanskrit language, Malayalam script, Kerala.jpg

English: This is one folio leaf of an ancient text on Mīmāṃsā (Vedic hermeneutics), one of the six schools of Hindu philosophy. The text is a bhasya (commentary) on more ancient Mimamsa-sutras, and this bhasya is attributed to Sabarasvamin. It survives in 191 leaf fragments and partially: adhyaya 2,3,5,7 and a fragment of adhyaya 4. From other manuscripts discovered in other parts of India, it is estimated that this reflects about a half of Śabara's work. This Sanskrit manuscript in Malayalam script was discovered in a Hindu monastery attached to a Thrissur temple in Kerala.

A digital version of this text has been archived by the British Library with the assistance of École française d’Extrême-Orient. The original is preserved in Kerala, at Vadakke Madham Brahmaswam – a Vedic studies center.

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