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mimamsa|miːˈmɑːmsa|
Also mimansa.
[Skr. mimāṇsā́ profound thought, consideration, investigation, f. man to think, consider.]
The name of one of the six systems of orthodox Hindu philosophy, called more fully the Pūrva-, or ‘earlier’, mimamsa, which was founded by Jaimini and concerns itself with the interpretation of Vedic ritual and text.
The term also occurs in the name of a closely-related school, the Uttara, or ‘later’, mimamsa, often called Vedānta, which deals with the nature of Brahma.
1788Asiatick Researches I. 352 Of the Philosophical Schools it will be sufficient here to remark, that..the two Mimánsà's, of which the second is often distinguished by the name of Védánta, [seem analogous] to the Platonick. 1811W. Ward Acct. Writings, Relig. & Manners Hindoos I. ii. 370 Like the schools of philosophy among the Greeks, these several systems have each originated with a single and a different head, or founder..Jŭyŭminee of the Mēēmangsa. 1841M. Elphinstone Hist. India I. ii. v. 215 The prior Mímánsá, which teaches the art of reasoning with the express view of aiding the interpretation of the Védas, is, so far, only a school of criticism. 1861H. H. Wilson Ess. & Lect. Relig. Hindus I. 12 Jaimini, by Śiva's orders, composed the Mímánsá, which is heretical, in as far as it inculates works in preference to faith. 1915Encycl. Relig. & Ethics. VIII. 648/2 The Mīmāṁsā teaches that the relation of word and meaning is not dependent on general agreement, but that the meaning is naturally inherent in the word. 1964Language XL. 113 He did not go any further with his study of the mīmāṃsā system. 1971Illustr. Weekly India 11 Apr. 35/2 The Indian philosophical systems such as Buddhism, Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Yoga and Mimamsa. |