NOUN
- (from the Sanskrit word for `reflection' or `interpretation') one of six orthodox philosophical systems or viewpoints on ritual traditions rooted in the Vedas and the Brahmanas as opposed to Vedanta which relies mostly on the Upanishads
How To Use Mimamsa In A Sentence
- By 'linga' (inferential mark) we here understand clauses (vâkya) which contain a specific indication; for such clauses have, according to the Pûrva Mîmâmsâ, greater proving power than leading subject-matter (prakarana). The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48
- Mimamsa is essentially ritualist orthopraxy, placing great weight on the performance of Karma or action as enjoined by the Vedas. Mimamsa is Harmony