The Mimamsa Sutra (Sanskrit: मीमांसा सूत्र, M"māṁsā S"tra) or the Purva Mimamsa Sutras (ca. 300-200 BCE[1]), written by Rishi Jaimini is one of the most important ancient Hindu philosophical texts.
Poorva Mimamsa - one of the six darshana or systems of Indian philosophy in the form of answers; contains theory of karma kanda or ritual ...
mimamsaka (Mimansaka) [a follower of the purva-mimamsa philosophy]. mitabhasi (one who is) temperate in speech. mitacarah (one who is) restrained in action.
Mimamsa: "Inquiry" (or Purva, "early," Mimamsa). Founded by Jaimini (ca 200 bce), author of the Mimamsa Sutras, who taught the correct performance of Vedic rites as the means to salvation.
Gharote, 'Physical fitness in relation to the practice of selected yogic exercises', Toga Mimamsa, DVIII, 1976. *28. M.V.P. Bhole, V Karambelkar and M.L. Gharote, 'Effect of yoga practices on vital capacity', Indian ...
In Mimamsa philosophy it indicates the force of a sentence made up of united words, whilst in Nyaya logic it signifies the power of the parts taken together. In medicine it denotes the compounding of herbs and other substances.
One is Mimamsa, which is not really Karma yoga as such, but was considered to be. The other text, the Bhagavad Gita, is frequently used by yogis.
With the mimamsa part of the third duplet of vedic d a r s h a n a s. Teaches the ultimate scope of the V e d a or simply what is explained in the U p a n i s h a d s one finds at the end of the V e d a (see also s' r u t i).
Over time, Vaisheshika, Nyaya, and Mimamsa have become somewhat obsolete and are not actively practiced.
Thus mantras and yantras are the audio and visual tools of the tantra shastra used to achieve the objective of the mission. Tantra itself is the Part of the Vedas. Yajans, havens, homas ,pojas, etc. are the tools of the purva mimamsa.
See also: Mamsa, India, Yoga, Sanskrit, Vedanta
 
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