mImAsA, as we generally refer to, indicates pUrva mImAmsA and vedAnta is known as uttara mImAmsA. Sage Jamini authored the mImAmsA sUtras and therein, he refers to great masters of antiquity such as Atreya, bAdari, bAdarAyaNa, aitishAyana, kAmukAyana etc. bodhAyana, upavarSha, bhavadAsa, shabarasvAmin etc. have commented on the mImAmsA sUtras of which the last one seems to be the most popular one, probably because of the availability of a critically edited copy. kumArila bhaTTa commented on shabara bhAShya in three parts, shlokavArtika, tantravArtika and tuptika. These form the central texts of the bhATTa school. prabhAkara wrote two commentaries on shabara bhAshya, bR^ihatI or nibandhana TIkA and laghvI or vivaraNa TIkA. Some are of the opinion that the prAbhAkara school was based on the views of authors such as bhartR^imitra, who wrote a commentary named tattvashuddhi on the shabara bhAShya, which has been severely contested by kumArila. Works from these two mImAmsakas can be called as the central texts of mImAmsA as every author after them, even those who commented independently on the jaimini sUtras, were adherents of one of the two schools. maNDana mishra, umveka/bhavabhUti, vAchaspati mishra [shrI Gaurav Mishra, a member from our group is a direct descendent of shrI vAchaspati mishra], pArthasArathi, khaNDadeva etc. are popular mImAmsakas of the bhATTa school. shAlikanAtha, bhavanAtha, Chandra, nandIshvara, rAmAnujAcharaya etc. are adherents of the prAbhAkara school. A third school, called the mishra mata by the navyas, was propounded by murAri mishra, with texts such as ekadashAdhyAyAdhikaraNa forming the core texts.
The following is a quick lists of important works/authors on mImAmsA:
mImAmsA sUtras of Jaimini
Commentaries on mImAmsA sUtras
1. By upavarSha
2. By bodhAyana
3. By bhavadAsa
4. By shabara svAmin
5. By bhartrmitra
prAbhAkara mata
1. bR^ihatI and laghvI: commentaries on the mImAmsA sUtras
2. Shalikanatha: RijvimalA on bR^ihatI, dIpashikhA on laghvI,
prakaraNa pa~nchikA and bhAShya parishiShTa
3. bhavanAtha: nayaviveka
4. Chandra or gurumatAchArya: nayaratnAkara and amR^ita bindu
5. nandIshvara: prabhAkara vijaya
6. bhaTTa viShNu: tattvasaMgraha
7. ravideva: viveka tattva
8. varadarAja: dIpikA
9. rAmAnujAcharya: tattvarahasya, nAyakaratna
10. udayana: shlokArtha dIpika
bhATTa mata
1. kumArila bhaTTa: shloka vArtika, tantra vArtika, tupTIkA,
bR^ihaTTIkA, madhyamaTIkA
2. maNDana mishra: vidhiviveka, bhAvanA viveka, vibhrama viveka,
sUtrAnukramaNI, sphoTasiddhi
3. vAchaspati mishra: kaNikA on vidhiviveka, tattvabindu
4. pArthasArathi mishra: ratnamAlA, tantraratna on tuptika, shAstradIpikA
5. bhavadeva: tautAtimata tilaka on tuptika
6. sucharita mishra: kAshikA
7. halAyudha: shAstra sarvasva
8. someshvara bhaTTA: sudhA on tantra vArtika
9. paritoSha mishra: ajitA on tantra vArtika
10. chidAnanda: nItitattvAvirbhAva
11. ga~NgAdhara: pArAyaNa on tantra vArtika
12. vedAnta deshika: pAdukA
13. mAdhavAcharya: mAlAvistara
14. anantanArAyaNa: vijayA on ajitA
15. paramshvara: commentaries on vibhrama viveka and sphoTa siddhi,
tattvavibhAvanA on tattvabindu
16. govinda ThAkura: sUtrArtha saMgraha and commentary on kAshikA
17. laugAkShi bhAskara: arthasaMgraha
18. bhaTTa keshava: arthaprakAsha
19. varadarAja: kArikAvivaraNa
20. appayya dIkShita: vidhirasAyana & sukhopayojinI, upakrama
parAkrama, vAdanakShatrAvaLi, mayUkhAvaLi, chitrapaTa etc.
21. venkaTesha dIkShita: vArtikAbharaNa on tupTIkA
22. vijayendra tIrtha: advaradIpikA, kaumudI
23. rAmakR^iShNa bhaTTa: siddhAnta chandrikA
24. shankara bhaTTa: prakAsha, bAlaprakAsha, sArasa~Ngraha,
vidhirasAyanadUShaNa
25. devanAtha ThAkura: adhikaraNakaumudI
26. Apadeva: prakAsha, adhikaraNachandrikA
27. rAjachUDAmaNi dIkShita: tantrashikhAmaNi, karpUra vArtika
28. kamalAkara bhaTTa: bhAvArtha on tantra vArtika, Aloka and shAstramAlA
29. dinakara bhaTTA: dinakarI
30. venkaTAdhvarin: makaranda, vidhitraya pritrANa
31. khaNDadeva: dIpikA, kaustubha on bhaTTa dIpikA etc.
32. gopAla bhaTTA: vidhibhUShaNa
33. jIvadeva: bhAskara
34. koNDadeva: matapradIpikA
35. rAmakr^iShNa dIkShita: darpaNa on mImAmsA sUtra
36. rAghavendra tIrtha: bhATTa saMgraha
37. venkateShvara dIkShita: vArtikAbharaNa
38. somanAtha dIkshita: mayUkhamAlikA
39. yajnanArAyaNa dIkshita: prabhAmaNDana
40. anantadeva: bhaTTAla~NkAra
41. ananta bhaTTA: vR^itti on shAstramAlA
42. vishveshvara bhaTTa: bhATTa chintAmaNi, kusumAnjali, shivArkodaya
43. Kollur nArAyaNa shAstry: vidhiviveka darpaNa
44. Shambhu bhaTTa: prabhAvali
45. gadAdhara bhaTTa: vidhisvarUpanirNaya
46. vaidyanAtha dIkshita: prabhA on nyAya bindu
47. nArAyaNa tIrtha: bhAShA prakAsha
48. nArAyaNa paNDita: mAnameyodaya
49. murAri mishra: angatva nirukti
50. nArAyaNa: vidhichamatkAra
51. rAmAnuja dAsa: tantralaharI
52. aNNam bhaTTa: subodhinI, raNakojjIvinI, raNakabhAvanA etc.
53. shrI bhAskararAya: chandrodaya, vAdakutUhala