Critical editions of primary texts

• Tantravārttika. Edited by Kashinath Vasudev Abhyankar, et al, 1970, ff., in Śrīmajjaiminipraṇīte Mīmāṃsādarśane…: (Mīmāṃsākaṇṭīravakumārilabhaṭṭapraṇītatantravārttikasahitaśābarabhāṣyopetaḥ) [7 volumes, comprising Kumārila's Tantravārttika], Pune: Ānandāśrama Sanskrit Series.
• Ślokavārttika. Edited by K. Sāmbaśiva Śāstrī, 1990, in Mīmāṃsāślokavārtika with the Commentary Kāśikā of Sucaritamiśra (Parts I & II), Trivandrum: CBH Publications (reprint of Trivandrum Sanskrit Series, Nos. 23, 29, 31; 1913). (Scholar)
• Ślokavārttika. Edited by S. K. Ramanatha Sastri, 1971, in Ślokavārtikavyākhyā Tātparyaṭīkā of Uṃveka Bhaṭṭa, Madras: University of Madras, 1971. (Scholar)
• Ślokavārttika. Edited by Swami Dwarikadas Shastri, 1978, in Ślokavārttika of Śrī Kumārila Bhaṭṭa, with the Commentary Nyāyaratnākara of Śrī Pārthasārathi Miśra, Varanasi: Tara Publications. (Scholar)
• Ślokavārttika (Codanāsūtra section only). Edited by Kei Kataoka, 2011, in Kumārila on Truth, Omniscience, and Killing, Part 1: A Critical Edition of Mīmāṃsā-Ślokavārttika ad 1.1.2 (Codanāsūtra), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademic der Wissenschaften. (Scholar)
• Nyāyaratnamāla [of Pārthasārathimiśra]. Edited by A. Subrahmanya Shastri, 1982, Nyāyaratnamāla of Pārthasārathi Miśra with the Commentary Nāyakaratnam by Śrī Rāmānujācārya, Varanasi: Banaras Hindu University. (Scholar)
• Tattvasaṃgraha [of Śāntarakṣita]. Edited by Swami Dwarikadas Shastri, 1997, Tattvasaṅgraha of Ācārya Shāntarakṣita with the Commentary ‘Pañjikā’ of Shri Kamalashīla (two volumes, continuous pagination), Varanasi: Bauddha Bharati. (Scholar)

Translations of primary texts

• Arnold, Daniel, 2002, “Mīmāṃsakas and Mādhyamikas against the Buddhist Epistemologists: A Comparative Study of Two Indian Answers to the Question of Justification,” Ph.D. dissertation, University of Chicago. (Appendix I, pp. 345–370, contains a complete translation of Pārthasārathimiśra's Svataḥprāmāṇyanirṇaya.) (Scholar)
• Dezso, Csaba, 2005, Much Ado about Religion, by Jayanta Bhaṭṭa, New York: New York University Press / JJC Foundation. (Scholar)
• Jha, Ganganath, 1983, Ślokavārtika: Translated from the Original Sanskrit with Extracts from the Commentaries “Kāśikā” of Sucarita Miśra and “Nyāyaratnākara” of Pārtha Sārathi Miśra, Delhi: Sri Satguru, 1983 (reprint; first published in Calcutta, 1900). (Scholar)
• –––, 1986 The Tattvasaṅgraha of Shāntarakṣita with the Commentary of Kamalashīla, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass (reprint; first published in Gaekwad's Oriental Series, 1937–1939). (Scholar)
• –––, 1998, Tantravārttika: A Commentary on Śabara's Bhāṣya on the Pūrvamīmāṁsā Sūtras of Jaimini (2 volumes), Delhi: Pilgrims Book (reprint; first edition, 1924). (Scholar)
• Kataoka, Kei, 2011, Kumārila on Truth, Omniscience, and Killing, Part 2: An Annotated Translation of Mīmāṃsā-Ślokavārttika ad 1.1.2 (Codanāsūtra), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademic der Wissenschaften. (Scholar)
• Taber, John, 2005, A Hindu Critique of Buddhist Epistemology: Kumārila on Perception: The “Determination of Perception” Chapter of Kumārila Bhaṭṭa's Ślokavārttika, London: Routledge Curzon. (Scholar)

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