Jaimini Sutras
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Jaimini Sutras is an ancient Sanskrit text attributed to the sage Jaimini that forms a foundational work of the Purva Mimamsa school of Hindu philosophy, focusing on Vedic ritual and dharma.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu philosophical text
ⓘ
Mimamsa text ⓘ Vedic commentary ⓘ |
| associatedWith | orthodox (astika) Hindu philosophy ⓘ |
| attributedTo | sage Jaimini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Jaimini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | foundational text of Purva Mimamsa ⓘ |
| category |
Hindu scriptures
ⓘ
Indian philosophy literature ⓘ |
| commentarialTradition |
Kumarila Bhatta’s works
ⓘ
Prabhakara school commentaries ⓘ Shabara Bhashya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| concerns |
interpretation of Vedic injunctions
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ritual duty ⓘ sacrificial rites ⓘ |
| doctrine |
eternality of the Vedas
ⓘ
primacy of ritual over knowledge ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
performance of prescribed rites
ⓘ
ritual correctness ⓘ scriptural injunctions (vidhi) ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Vedic ritual
ⓘ
dharma ⓘ ritual exegesis of the Vedas ⓘ |
| genre | sutra literature ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Hindu ritual law
ⓘ
Smriti and Dharmashastra interpretation ⓘ |
| influenced |
Hindu theories of dharma
ⓘ
later Mimamsa commentaries ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Purva Mimamsa corpus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Purva Mimamsa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryConcern |
authority of the Vedas
ⓘ
ritual action (karma) ⓘ |
| region |
South Asia
ⓘ
surface form:
Indian subcontinent
|
| rejects | Vedic authorship by a human composer ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Vedanta (as a complementary school) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| script | Devanagari (in most modern editions) ⓘ |
| structure | aphoristic statements (sutras) ⓘ |
| subject |
classification of Vedic sentences
ⓘ
hermeneutics of Vedic texts ⓘ rules for deriving dharma from scripture ⓘ |
| teaches | that dharma is known only through the Vedas ⓘ |
| timePeriod | ancient India ⓘ |
| tradition | Mimamsa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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