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Jaimini was an ancient Indian scholar who founded the
Jaimini's
Jaimini's contributions to textual analysis and exegesis influenced other schools of Indian philosophies. The most studied bhashya (reviews and commentaries) on Jaimini's texts were written by scholars named Shabara, Kumarila, and Prabhakara.[11]
Works
Jaimini is most known for his great treatise Purva Mimamsa Sutras, also called Karma-mimamsa (“Study of Ritual Action”), a system that investigates the rituals in the Vedic texts. The text founded the Purva-Mimamsa (Mimamsa) school of Indian philosophy, one of the six Darsanas or schools of Indian philosophy.
Dated to around the 4th century BCE, the text contains about 3,000 sutras and is the foundational text of the
Jaimini's Mimamsa emerged in a time when traditional Vedic beliefs were losing their persuasive power. It was no longer taken for granted that sacrifices pleased deities, maintained the universe, or that the Vedas were infallible. Buddhist, Jain, and skeptical perspectives questioned the significance of sacrifices, while some adherents continued their practice despite doubts. This challenged the notion of a comprehensive understanding of rituals. In his works, Jaimini sought to address these criticisms.[14]
Jaimini also wrote a version of the Mahabharata narrated to him by his preceptor Vyasa, but today, only the Ashvamedhika Parva and the Shasramukhacaritam of his work are available.[15]
Other mentions
Samaveda
When sage
He classified the Veda into four, namely Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharva. The histories and the Puranas are said to be the fifth Veda.
— Brahmanda Purana 1.4.21
Markandeya Purana
One of the major Puranas, the Markandeya Purana, opens with a dialogue between sage Jaimini and Markandeya.
See also
- Samaveda
- Guru Purnima
- Indian Mathematics
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0823931798, pages 310, 438, 537-538
- ^ ISBN 978-0823931798, pages 438, 437-438, 746
- ^ a b c Radhakrishna, Sarvepalli (1960). Brahma Sutra, The Philosophy of Spiritual Life. p. 22 with footnote 3 and 4.
- ^ a b "Jaimini Sutras".
- ISBN 9788188230181.
- ISBN 978-0-7914-2109-3.
- ISBN 978-0-19-885176-9.
- ^ FX Clooney (1997), What’s a god? The quest for the right understanding of devatā in Brāhmaṅical ritual theory (Mīmāṃsā), International Journal of Hindu Studies, August 1997, Volume 1, Issue 2, pages 337-385
- ISBN 978-0-8153-3611-2, pages 87-106
- ^ ISBN 978-1519117786, page 20
- ISBN 978-0823931798, pages 438, 616
- ^ Purva Mimamsa Sutras of Jaimini Archived 9 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ISBN 978-0823931798, page 616
- ISSN 0002-7189.
- ^ "The Jaimini Bharata: A Celebrated Canarese Poem, with Translations and Notes". Printed at the Wesleyanmission press. 1852.