Mīmāṃsā school

For the factor of awakening, see Mīmāṃsā (mental factor).

Mīmāṃsā is one of the six orthodox Hindu schools of ancient India. The adherents of this school are known as the Mīmāṃsaka (T. dpyod pa ba).

The term mīmāṃsā means “thoroughgoing analysis or investigation.” The school is commonly divided into two groups, the first of which (pūrvamīmāṃsā, karmamīmāṃsa) focuses on the correct interpretation of the Vedic hymns and rituals, and the second of which (uttaramīmāṃsā, brahmamīmāṃsā, etc.) focuses on the nature of universal reality.

The Uttara-mīmāṃsā ("latter mīmāṃsā") school is commonly known as the Vedanta school.

The Mīmāṃsā are also included in a group of six non-Buddhist schools whose tenets were studied by Buddhist scholars of the Sanskrit tradition.

Further reading

• Mīmāṃsā, Wikipedia