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Jaimini

According to the tradition, Jaimini was a student of Bādarāyaṇa, the author of the Brahmasūtra. Several works are attributed to Jaimini.

Name

Jaimini

Date Active

c. 50 A.D.

References

Maheśachandra (ed.) (1873, 1889), The aphorisms of the Mimāṃsa by Jaimini. With the commentary of Śavara-svāmin. Calcutta: The Asiatic Society of Bengal.

Texts

Mīmāṃsāsūtra

The Mīmāṃsāsūtra (a.k.a. Jaiminisūtra) is the root text of the indigenous ritual hermeneutics tradition (mīmāṃsā). Its author is Jaimini.

Śābarabhāṣya

The Śābarabhāṣya (a.k.a. Mīmāṃsāsūtrabhāṣya) is the earliest extant commentary on Jaimini's Mīmāṃsāsūtra. It is one of the foundational texts of the indigenous ritual hermeneutics tradition (mīmāṃs...

Linguistic Traditions

Mīmāṃsā is the native tradition of Vedic exegesis. It not only explains difficult Vedic passages but also, more importantly, provides general rules of interpretation. The foundational t...