Mimamsa

noun

Mi·​mam·​sa

mēˈmäⁿsə

plural -s

: an orthodox Hindu philosophy concerned with the interpretation of Vedic texts and literature and comprising one part dealing with the earlier writings concerned with right practice and another part dealing with the later writings concerned with right thought

called also respectively Purva Mimamsa, Uttara Mimamsa

compare vedanta

Word History

Etymology

Sanskrit mīmāṁsā, literally, reflection, investigation, from manyate he thinks

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