The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1334 page)
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Kum
rila Bha
a
rila Bhaa(7th cent. CE).
A learned
brahman
of Bihar and follower of the M
m
s
school. He actively opposed the Buddhists and Jains. Author of the
M
m
s
-v
rttika
and also the
lokav
rttika
(the latter an extensive argument against the existence and the necessity of God), he adopted the principle of non-duality (
advaita
). For Kum
rila, liberation was not
mok
a
, but rather the state of the self free from pain.
A learned
brahman
of Bihar and follower of the M
msschool. He actively opposed the Buddhists and Jains. Author of theM
ms-vrttikaand also the
lokavrttika(the latter an extensive argument against the existence and the necessity of God), he adopted the principle of non-duality (
advaita
). For Kum
rila, liberation was notmok
a, but rather the state of the self free from pain.
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