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id: slokavarttika
title: Ślokavārttika (Kumārila Bhaṭṭa)
description: 'Kumārila Bhaṭṭa''''s verse commentary on the first pāda of the Śabara-Bhāṣya, the founding text of the Bhāṭṭa school, developing perception, inference, testimony, intrinsic validity, the eternal word, and the realist self.'
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- kumarila
- bhatta
timestamp: '2026-07-08'
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# Ślokavārttika (Kumārila Bhaṭṭa)

The Ślokavārttika (Kumārila Bhaṭṭa, c. 7th century CE) is a verse commentary on the opening portion (the Tarkapāda) of Śabara''s Bhāṣya and the charter text of the Bhāṭṭa sub-school. In it Kumārila argues the intrinsic validity of cognition (svataḥ-prāmāṇya), the eternality of the word (śabda-nityatā) and its inherent relation to meaning, the reality of universals against the Buddhist apoha view, and the real, permanent self against Buddhist momentariness. This bundle cites the Ślokavārttika wherever the Bhāṭṭa formulation of an epistemic or semantic doctrine carries the point.
