Mimamsa

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Hindu philosophical school Vedic school astika school of Indian philosophy orthodox Hindu school

Mimamsa is an orthodox Hindu philosophical school that emphasizes the ritualistic interpretation of the Vedas and the primacy of dharma as revealed through sacred scripture.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Mimamsa canonical	8
Mīmāṃsā	5
Purva Mimamsa	4
Pūrva Mīmāṃsā	2
Brahmanical scholasticism	1
Jaimini’s Mīmāṃsā Sūtra	1
Karma Mimamsa	1
Mimamsa Sutra	1
Mimamsa philosophy	1
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra	1
Purva Mimamsa (certain views)	1
Śrauta	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu philosophical school ⓘ Vedic school ⓘ astika school of Indian philosophy ⓘ orthodox Hindu school ⓘ
acceptsPramana	comparison (upamāna) ⓘ inference (anumāna) ⓘ non-cognition (anupalabdhi) ⓘ perception (pratyakṣa) ⓘ presumption (arthāpatti) ⓘ verbal testimony (śabda) ⓘ
aimsAt	correct interpretation of Vedic ritual ⓘ establishing duties prescribed by scripture ⓘ
associatedWithText	Mimamsa self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mimamsa Sutra
centralConcept	Vedic injunction (vidhi) ⓘ apūrva ⓘ arthavāda ⓘ dharma ⓘ pramāṇa (means of knowledge) ⓘ ritual duty ⓘ sacrifice (yajña) ⓘ śabda (verbal testimony) ⓘ
considersSourceOfDharma	Vedic injunctions ⓘ Vedic scripture ⓘ
contrastsWith	Nyaya ⓘ Samkhya ⓘ Vedanta ⓘ
denies	a personal creator God as necessary for Vedic authority ⓘ
developedIn	ancient India ⓘ
emphasizes	primacy of dharma ⓘ
focusesOn	ritualistic interpretation of the Vedas ⓘ
foundationalTextAuthor	Jaimini ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Mimamsa ⓘ surface form: Karma Mimamsa Mimamsa ⓘ surface form: Mīmāṃsā Mimamsa ⓘ surface form: Purva Mimamsa Mimamsa ⓘ surface form: Pūrva Mīmāṃsā
hasCommentaryBy	Shabara ⓘ
hasSubSchool	Bhatta school ⓘ Prabhakara school ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late Vedic period ⓘ
holds	that dharma is known only through scripture, not perception ⓘ
importantTeacher	Kumārila Bhaṭṭa ⓘ Jaimini ⓘ surface form: Prabhākara Shabara Svamin ⓘ
influenced	Hindu law and dharmaśāstra ⓘ Hindu ritual practice ⓘ Vedanta hermeneutics ⓘ
language	Sanskrit ⓘ
partOf	six orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy ⓘ
placesAboveOtherPramanas	Vedic verbal testimony ⓘ
primaryConcern	orthopraxy rather than metaphysics ⓘ
regardsAsAuthority	Vedas ⓘ
regardsAsAuthorless	Vedas ⓘ
regardsAsEternal	Vedas ⓘ
teaches	that performance of prescribed rituals yields unseen results (apūrva) ⓘ
usesDiscipline	hermeneutics ⓘ linguistic analysis ⓘ logic ⓘ
viewsVedasAs	impersonal revelation ⓘ self-validating ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

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

Hinduism → hasPhilosophicalSchool → Mimamsa ⓘ

Rigveda → associatedWithTradition → Mimamsa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Śrauta

Mimamsa → hasAlternativeName → Mimamsa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mīmāṃsā

Mimamsa → hasAlternativeName → Mimamsa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Purva Mimamsa

Mimamsa → hasAlternativeName → Mimamsa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pūrva Mīmāṃsā

Mimamsa → hasAlternativeName → Mimamsa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Karma Mimamsa

Mimamsa → associatedWithText → Mimamsa self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mimamsa Sutra

Indian philosophical texts (Darśanas) → includesSchool → Mimamsa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mīmāṃsā

Indian philosophy → includesSchool → Mimamsa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mīmāṃsā

Indian philosophy → hasTextualSource → Mimamsa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mīmāṃsā Sūtra

ancient India → philosophicalTradition → Mimamsa ⓘ

subject surface form: Ancient India

shruti → influenceOn → Mimamsa ⓘ

subject surface form: Shruti

this entity surface form: Mimamsa philosophy

Brahma Sutras → refutes → Mimamsa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Purva Mimamsa (certain views)

Prabhakara school → partOf → Mimamsa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Purva Mimamsa

Bhatta school → partOf → Mimamsa ⓘ

Bhatta school → subtraditionOf → Mimamsa ⓘ

Kumārila Bhaṭṭa → philosophicalSchool → Mimamsa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pūrva Mīmāṃsā

Kumārila Bhaṭṭa → commentaryOn → Mimamsa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jaimini’s Mīmāṃsā Sūtra

Shabara Svamin → philosophicalSchool → Mimamsa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Purva Mimamsa

Shabara Svamin → associatedWith → Mimamsa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brahmanical scholasticism

Shruti → usedIn → Mimamsa ⓘ

Vyākaraṇa (Sanskrit grammatical tradition) → relatedTo → Mimamsa ⓘ

subject surface form: Vyākaraṇa

this entity surface form: Mīmāṃsā

Jaimini → schoolBelongsTo → Mimamsa ⓘ

Shabara → philosophicalSchool → Mimamsa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Purva Mimamsa

Shabara → field → Mimamsa ⓘ

Cārvāka → opposedTo → Mimamsa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mīmāṃsā