MIMAMSA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mimamsa mean? 

• MIMAMSA (noun)
  The noun MIMAMSA has 1 sense:

1. (from the Sanskrit word for 'reflection' or 'interpretation') one of six orthodox philosophical systems or viewpoints on ritual traditions rooted in the Vedas and the Brahmanas as opposed to Vedanta which relies mostly on the Upanishads

  Familiarity information: MIMAMSA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MIMAMSA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(from the Sanskrit word for 'reflection' or 'interpretation') one of six orthodox philosophical systems or viewpoints on ritual traditions rooted in the Vedas and the Brahmanas as opposed to Vedanta which relies mostly on the Upanishads

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Mimamsa" is a kind of...):

Hindooism; Hinduism (a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils)

Domain category:

Sanskrit; Sanskritic language ((Hinduism) an ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism); an official language of India although it is now used only for religious purposes)