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mīmāṃsā

mīmāṃsā́ f. profound thought or reflection or Consideration, investigation, examination, discussion, [ŚBr.]; [TĀr.]

theory (cf. kāvya-m°)

‘examination of the Vedic text’, N. of one of the 3 great divisions of orthodox Hindū philosophy (divided into 2 systems, viz. the Pūrva-mīmāṃsā or Karma-mīmāṃsā by Jaimini, concerning itself chiefly with the correct interpretation of Vedic ritual and text, and usually called the Mīmāṃsā; and the Uttara-mīmāṃsā or Brahma-mīmāṃsā or Śārīraka-mīmāṃsā by Bādarāyaṇa, commonly styled the Vedānta and dealing chiefly with the nature of Brahmă or the one universal Spirit), [IW. 46]; [98] &c.