Jaimini

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Hindu philosopher Vedic scholar ancient Indian sage author founder of philosophical school

Jaimini was an ancient Indian sage and philosopher traditionally credited with founding the Purva Mimamsa school of Hindu philosophy and composing its principal sutras.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Jaimini canonical	2
Prabhākara	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu philosopher ⓘ Vedic scholar ⓘ ancient Indian sage ⓘ author ⓘ founder of philosophical school ⓘ
associatedWith	orthodox Hindu philosophical systems ⓘ
associatedWithText	Vedas ⓘ
composed	Purva Mimamsa Sutras ⓘ surface form: Mimamsa Sutras Purva Mimamsa Sutras ⓘ
concernedWith	hermeneutics of Vedic injunctions ⓘ nature of dharma ⓘ ritual duty ⓘ
culturalContext	Brahmanical tradition ⓘ
emphasized	authority of the Vedas ⓘ dharma as prescribed by Vedic injunctions ⓘ performance of Vedic rituals ⓘ
era	pre-common era (traditional attribution) ⓘ
focusOfPhilosophy	Vedic ritualism ⓘ ritual exegesis of the Vedas ⓘ
founderOf	Prabhakara school ⓘ surface form: Purva Mimamsa school of Hindu philosophy
influenced	Hindu jurisprudence concepts of dharma ⓘ Hindu ritual theory ⓘ later Mimamsa commentators ⓘ
language	Sanskrit ⓘ
notableFor	foundational role in Mimamsa school ⓘ systematic theory of Vedic ritual ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	Purva Mimamsa Sutras ⓘ surface form: Purva Mimamsa
philosophicalTradition	Astika ⓘ Vedic ⓘ
principalWork	Purva Mimamsa Sutras ⓘ surface form: Mimamsa Sutras Purva Mimamsa Sutras ⓘ
region	South Asia ⓘ surface form: Indian subcontinent
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
schoolBelongsTo	Mimamsa ⓘ Purva Mimamsa Sutras ⓘ surface form: Purva Mimamsa
scripturalBasis	Āraṇyaka ⓘ surface form: Aranyakas of the Vedas Brahmanas ⓘ surface form: Brahmanas of the Vedas Rigveda ⓘ surface form: Samhitas of the Vedas
subjectOfCommentariesBy	Kumārila Bhaṭṭa ⓘ surface form: Kumarila Bhatta Prabhakara ⓘ Shabara ⓘ
teacherOf	traditionally attributed disciples in Mimamsa lineage ⓘ
textStyle	sutra ⓘ
traditionallyCreditedWithFounding	Purva Mimamsa Sutras ⓘ surface form: Purva Mimamsa
traditionallyDatedTo	ancient India ⓘ
viewOnLiberation	primary focus on dharma rather than moksha ⓘ
viewOnVedas	Vedas are eternal and authorless (apaurusheya) ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mimamsa → foundationalTextAuthor → Jaimini ⓘ

Mimamsa → importantTeacher → Jaimini ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prabhākara

Vyasa → teacherOf → Jaimini ⓘ