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id: sastra-dipika
title: Śāstra-dīpikā (Pārthasārathi Miśra)
description: 'Pārthasārathi Miśra''''s systematic Bhāṭṭa manual, a standard later exposition of the whole Mīmāṃsā system used to present the Bhāṭṭa positions and their contrast with the Prābhākara.'
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- reference
- sastra-dipika
- parthasarathi
- bhatta
timestamp: '2026-07-08'
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license: CC BY-SA 4.0
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# Śāstra-dīpikā (Pārthasārathi Miśra)

The Śāstra-dīpikā of Pārthasārathi Miśra (c. 11th century CE) is one of the most-used later manuals of the Bhāṭṭa school, a systematic tour of Mīmāṃsā epistemology, the theory of injunction, ritual structure, and the self, that consolidates Kumārila''s positions and sets them clearly against the Prābhākara alternatives. This bundle cites it where a clear systematic statement of a Bhāṭṭa doctrine or of the inter-school contrast carries the point.
