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A HISTORY OF INDIAN LITERATURE
JEAN-MARIE VERPOORTEN
MlMAMSA LITERATURE
OTTO HARRASSOWITZ • WIESBADEN
A HISTORY OF INDIAN LITERATURE EDITED BY JAN GONDA
VOLUME VI Fasc. 5
1987 OTTO HARRASSOWITZ • WIESBADEN
JEAN-MARIE VERPOORTEN
MIMAMSA LITERATURE
1987 OTTO HARRASSOWITZ • WIESBADEN
A HISTORY OF INDIAN LITERATURE Contents of Vol. VI Vol. VI: Fasc. 1: Fasc. 2: Fasc. 3: Fasc. 4: Fasc. 5:
E. te Nijenhuis B. K. Matilal M. Hulin D. Pingree J.-M. Verpoorten T. Gelblum B. Dagens N. N.
Musicological Literature Nyaya-Vaisesika Samkhya Literature Jyotihsastra Mimamsa Literature Yoga Philosophy Architecture, Sculpture, Technics Other Sciences
CIP-Kurztitelaufnahme der Deutschen Bibliothek A history of Indian literature / ed. by Jan Gonda. — Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz NE: Gonda, Jan [Hrsg.] Vol. 6. Scientific and technical literature. - Pt. 3. Fasc. 5. Verpoorten, Jean-Marie: Mimamsa literature. - 1987 Verpoorten, Jean-Marie: Mimamsa literature / Jean-Marie Verpoorten. - Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz, 1987. (A history of Indian literature ; Vol. 6. Scientific and technical literature. - Pt. 3, Fasc. 5) ISBN 3-447-02676-6
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PREFACE
This publication is a modest attempt to collect the data concerning the Mimdmsa from books and papers published over half a century, and to give an up-to-date summary of them. Further investigation is required concerning many authors, who, although important, so far remain mere names. I trust that this research will help to revive interest in the Mimdmsa and in the pandits who, all over India, keep up this noble tradition. I would like to express my gratitude to Prof. Gonda who accepted my collaboration, and also to those scholars who allowed me to derive benefit from their erudition.
CONTENTS
Preface
V
List of Abbreviations
IX
Introduction
1
Chapter
I: Prehistory of the Mimdmsd
3
Chapter II: The founders of the Mimdmsddarsana Jaimini and the Mimdmsd-sutras The Samkarsa(na)kanda Pre-Sabara Teachers Sahara and the Sdbara-bhdsya
5 5 6 7 8
Chapter III: The Golden Age of the Mimdmsd Bhartrmitra and Vindhyavasin Kumarila Bhatta and his works Prabhakara Misra and his works Mandana Misra and his works Chapter IV: The Age of the Sub-commentators Umbekaetc Salikanatha Misra and his works The Mimdmsd in the works of some non-mlmamsakas Parthasarathi Misra Minor Mfmamsakas Madhava-Vidyaranya Laugaksi Bhaskara and Apadeva Narayana Bhatta and Narayana Pandita Mimdmsd and Dharmasdstra Mimdmsd and Navya-nydya The Mimdmsd in the 20th century
22 22 22 31 35 38 38 38 40 41 43 45 ' 47 49 49 50 52
Conclusion
52
Chart
54
VIII
Contents
Bibliography
55
Index
63
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
K M MK MM MS Pr
= Kumarila = Mlmdmsd = Mimdmsdkosa (§ 65/3) = Mandana Misra = Mimamsd-sutra = Prabhakara
PSM = Parthasarathi Mi£ra S = Sahara
SB SN SV
= Sdbara-bhdsya = Salikanatha = Slokavarttika
THE MIMAMSA
INTRODUCTION
§ 1. Etymologically, the feminine name mimdmsd is a derivative with the primary suffix -a from the base mimdms, the desiderative (and also intensive) of man- "to think." It thus means "effort to intense reflexion", but also "enquiry, theoretical discussion (sometimes opposed to practice)." Mimdmsd (M) is also called a. Karma-mimdrnsd "Action-enquiry" or Karma-kdnda "Action-chapter," because it explo