Jaimini

Short description: Ancient Indian sage, scholar, and Hindu philosopher

Jaimini

Born| ~ 4th to 2nd century BCE[1]
School| Mimamsa

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* Rituals
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Jaimini was an ancient Indian scholar who founded the Mīmāṃsā school of Hindu philosophy. He is considered to be a disciple of the rishi Vyasa, the son of Parāśara. Traditionally attributed to be the author of the Mimamsa Sutras [2][3] and the Jaimini Sutras,[4][5] he is estimated to have lived around 4th to 2nd century BCE.[4][1][6] Some scholars place him between 250 BCE and 50 CE.[7] His school is considered non-theistic,[8] but one that emphasized rituals parts of the Vedas as essential to dharma.[9] Jaimini is known for his studies of the older Vedic rituals.

Jaimini's guru was Badarayana,[3] who founded the Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy. He is also credited with authoring the Brahma Sutras.[10] Both Badarayana and Jaimini quoted each other as they analyzed each other's theories, Badarayana emphasising knowledge while Jaimini emphasises rituals, sometimes agreeing with each other, sometimes disagreeing, often anti-thesis of the other.[10]

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 by scholars named Shabara, Kumarila, and Prabhakara.[11]

## Contents

* 1 Works
* 2 Other mentions
* 2.1 Samaveda
* 2.2 Markandeya Purana
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## 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 school of Ancient Indian philosophy, one of the six Darsanas or schools of Ancient Indian philosophy.

Dated to ca. the 4th century BCE, the text contains about 3,000 sutras and is the foundational text of the Mimamsa school.[2] The text aims at an exegesis of the Vedas with regard to ritual practice (karma) and religious duty (dharma), commenting on the early Upanishads. Jaimini's Mimamsa is a ritualist (karma-kanda) counter-movement to the Self-knowledge (Atman) speculations of the Vedanta philosophy.[3][10] His Mimamsa Sutra was commented upon by many, of which Śābara was among the earliest.[12][13]

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.[14]

## Other mentions

### Samaveda

When Rishi Veda Vyasa classified ancient Vedic hymns into four parts based on their use in the sacrificial rites, and taught them to his four chief disciples – Paila, Vaisampayana, Jaimini and Sumantu, Samaveda was transmitted to rishi Jaimini.
"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

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 James Lochtefeld (2002), The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Vol. 1, Rosen Publishing, ISBN:978-0823931798, pages 310, 438, 537-538
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 James Lochtefeld (2002), The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Vol. 1 & 2, Rosen Publishing, ISBN:978-0823931798, pages 438, 437-438, 746
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Radhakrishna, Sarvepalli (1960). Brahma Sutra, The Philosophy of Spiritual Life. p. 22 with footnote 3 and 4. https://archive.org/stream/Sarvepalli.Radhakrishnan-Brahma.Sutra-The.Philosophy.of.Spiritual.Life/Radhakrishnan-Brahma.Sutra-The.Philosophy.of.Spiritual.Life#page/n21/mode/2up.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Jaimini Sutras". http://philosophy.ru/library/asiatica/indica/sutra/jaimini.html.
5. ↑ P.S.Sastri (2006). Maharishi Jaimini's Jaimini Sutram (complete) (2006 ed.). Ranjan Publications. ISBN 9788188230181. https://books.google.com/books?id=04BGPgAACAAJ.
6. ↑ Klostermaier, Klaus K. (1994-01-01) (in en). A Survey of Hinduism: Second Edition. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-2109-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=avYkrkSmImcC&dq=jaimini+bce&pg=PA482.
7. ↑ Adamson, Peter; Ganeri, Jonardon (2020-03-26) (in en). Classical Indian Philosophy: A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, Volume 5. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-885176-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=NCbTDwAAQBAJ&dq=jaimini+bce&pg=PR17.
8. ↑ 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
9. ↑ P. Bilimoria (2001), Hindu doubts about God: Towards Mimamsa Deconstruction, in Philosophy of Religion: Indian Philosophy (Editor: Roy Perrett), Volume 4, Routledge, ISBN:978-0-8153-3611-2, pages 87-106
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Paul Deussen, The System of the Vedanta: According to Badarayana's Brahma-Sutras and Shankara's Commentary thereon, Translator: Charles Johnston, ISBN:978-1519117786, page 20
11. ↑ James Lochtefeld (2002), The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Vol. 1 & 2, Rosen Publishing, ISBN:978-0823931798, pages 438, 616
12. ↑ Purva Mimamsa Sutras of Jaimini
13. ↑ James Lochtefeld (2002), The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Vol. 1 & 2, Rosen Publishing, ISBN:978-0823931798, page 616
14. ↑ "The Jaimini Bharata: A Celebrated Canarese Poem, with Translations and Notes". Printed at the Wesleyanmission press. 1852. https://archive.org/details/jaiminibharataa00sandgoog.

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