Writer – Ujjawal MA Hindu studies ( university of delhi) INTRODUCTION Mīmāṃsā one of six orthodox darśanas (schools of Indian philosophy) whose original purpose was to reconcile contradictory Vedic injunction (vidhi), to arbitrate between ritual and duty as described in Jaimini’s Mīmāṃsā Sūtra (600-400 BCE) and later in the interpretations of Śabara (5th century CE), Kumārila Bhaṭṭa and Prabhākara, systematises rules such as reconciling contradictory texts, preferring the intention, and preferring a given term. These rules are not directly applicable to contemporary Indian statutory law; but nevertheless form a “constitutional-style”…
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