mēˈmäⁿsə noun
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Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Sanskrit mīmāṁsā, literally, reflection, investigation, from manyate he thinks — more at mind
: an orthodox Hindu philosophy concerned with the interpretation of Vedic texts and literature and comprising one part dealing with the earlier writings concerned with right practice and another part dealing with the later writings concerned with right thought — called also respectively Purva Mimamsa, Uttara Mimamsa ; compare vedanta