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>>18486527
Kumarila Bhatta didn't lose to Buddhists as your picture falsely claims, the Buddhist historian Taranatha himself admits that Kumarila Bhatta defeated a bunch of Buddhists in debates

>Kumārila is also credited with the logical formulation of the Mimamsic belief that the Vedas are unauthored (apauruṣeyā). In particular, his defence against medieval Buddhist positions on Vedic rituals is noteworthy. This contributed to the decline of Buddhism in India,[5] because his lifetime coincides with the period in which Buddhism began to decline.[1] Indeed, his dialectical success against Buddhists is confirmed by Buddhist historian Taranatha, who reports that Kumārila defeated disciples of Buddhapālita, Bhāviveka, Dharmadasa, Dignāga and others.[6]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kum%C4%81rila_Bha%E1%B9%AD%E1%B9%ADa

The source for the claim it gives involving Taranatha admitting that Kumarila defeated Buddhists is:

page 4 of 'Buddhists, Brahmins, and Belief: Epistemology in South Asian Philosophy of Religion.' by Daniel Anderson Arnold