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pūrvamīmāṃsā

pūrva—mīmāṃsā f. ‘inquiry into or interpretation of the first or Mantra portion of the Veda’, N. of the system of philosophy attributed to Jaimini (as opp. to uttara-m°, which is an inquiry into the later or Upaniṣad portion; the pūrva-m° is generally called the M°, and in interpreting the Vedic text discusses the doctrine of the eternity of sound identified with Brahma, [IW. 98] &c.)

N. of wk. of Soma-nātha