Purva Mimamsa Sutras

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Hindu philosophical text Sutra literature Vedic exegesis text

The Purva Mimamsa Sutras are an ancient Indian philosophical text attributed to Jaimini that systematizes Vedic ritual exegesis and forms the foundational scripture of the Mimamsa school.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Purva Mimamsa	4
Mimamsa Sutras	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu philosophical text ⓘ Sutra literature ⓘ Vedic exegesis text ⓘ
alternativeName	Mimamsa Sutras NERFINISHED ⓘ Purva Mimamsa Darshana Sutras NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithVeda	Vedic ritual portion (karma-kanda) ⓘ
attributedTo	Jaimini NERFINISHED ⓘ
author	Jaimini NERFINISHED ⓘ
canonicalStatus	foundational scripture of the Purva Mimamsa school ⓘ
concerns	Vedic liturgy ⓘ ritual obligations ⓘ sacrificial rites ⓘ
contrastsWith	Vedanta (Uttara Mimamsa) NERFINISHED ⓘ
emphasizes	authority of the Vedas ⓘ eternality of the Vedas ⓘ primacy of ritual performance ⓘ
focusesOn	Vedic ritual exegesis ⓘ dharma as prescribed by the Vedas ⓘ interpretation of Vedic injunctions ⓘ ritual action (karma) ⓘ
formsFoundationOf	Mimamsa school of Hindu philosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	aphoristic sutra text ⓘ
hasCommentary	Shabara Bhashya NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCommentaryBy	Shabara NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	Hindu legal and dharma literature ⓘ Hindu ritual theory ⓘ later Mimamsa commentarial tradition ⓘ
keyConcept	apūrva (unseen potency of ritual) NERFINISHED ⓘ dharma as Veda-based duty ⓘ self-sufficiency of the Vedas as pramāṇa ⓘ
language	Sanskrit ⓘ
partOf	Mimamsa philosophical corpus ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	Mimamsa NERFINISHED ⓘ Purva Mimamsa NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	South Asia ⓘ surface form: Indian subcontinent
relatedTo	Brahmana literature ⓘ Vedanta Sutras (Brahma Sutras) NERFINISHED ⓘ Vedas NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition	Hinduism ⓘ
script	Devanagari ⓘ
studiedIn	Indian philosophy curricula ⓘ traditional Sanskrit scholarship ⓘ
subject	classification of Vedic sentences ⓘ hermeneutics of Vedic texts ⓘ relation between ritual action and results ⓘ rules for interpreting Vedic commands ⓘ
timePeriod	composed in ancient India ⓘ
traditionClass	āstika (orthodox) school text ⓘ

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Shabara Svamin → commentaryOn → Purva Mimamsa Sutras ⓘ

Jaimini → composed → Purva Mimamsa Sutras ⓘ

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Jaimini → composed → Purva Mimamsa Sutras ⓘ

Jaimini → philosophicalSchool → Purva Mimamsa Sutras ⓘ

this entity surface form: Purva Mimamsa

Shabara → philosophicalSchool → Purva Mimamsa Sutras ⓘ

subject surface form: Shabara Bhashya

this entity surface form: Purva Mimamsa

Jaimini → principalWork → Purva Mimamsa Sutras ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mimamsa Sutras

Jaimini → principalWork → Purva Mimamsa Sutras ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Purva Mimamsa

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this entity surface form: Purva Mimamsa