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Re: Meaning of Mimaamsaka
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To: alt-hindu@uunet.uu.net
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Subject: Re: Meaning of Mimaamsaka
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From: vidya@cco.caltech.edu (Vidyasankar Sundaresan)
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Date: 16 Dec 1994 23:31:00 GMT
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From news@nntp-server.caltech.edu Fri Dec 16 18: 21:25 1994
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Newsgroups: alt.hindu
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Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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References: <3citv1$9r@ucunix.san.uc.edu>
In article <3citv1$9r@ucunix.san.uc.edu> ravicndn@engr.LaTech.edu
(Ravichandran Mahalingam) writes:
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> dear netters,
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> i read about mimaamsaka when i was reading about advaita.
> i couldnt find the meanign for the same in the glossary.
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> could anyone throw light on that,
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MImAmSa means exegesis.
A mImAmSaka is an exegete.
pUrva mImAmSa - exegesis of the karma kANDa of the Veda,
uttara mImAmSa - exegesis of the jnAna kANDa of the Veda.
Uttara mImAmSa is also known as Vedanta. Hence the term mImAmSaka is in
general applied only to the pUrva mImAmSaka. The uttara mImAmSaka is
commonly called a Vedantin.
S. Vidyasankar
