) which is the oldest and basic text of the M
m
s
school. The Vedas are held to be eternal, uncreated, and need no further authority; any discrepancy within them, therefore, is only apparent.
After the 8th cent., two schools developed as a result of disputes over the interpretations of the commentaries of
Kum
rila
and
Prabh
kara
, noted teachers of M
m
s
.
P’u-sa
.