Jaimini Sutras

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Hindu philosophical text Mimamsa text Vedic commentary

Jaimini Sutras is an ancient Sanskrit text attributed to the sage Jaimini that forms a foundational work of the Purva Mimamsa school of Hindu philosophy, focusing on Vedic ritual and dharma.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Jaimini Sutras canonical	2
Jaimini’s Purva Mimamsa Sutras	1
Mīmāṃsā-sūtra of Jaimini	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5266117 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Jaimini Sutras
Context triple: [Shabara Svamin, commentaryOn, Jaimini Sutras]

A. Jaiminiya Brahmana
Jaiminiya Brahmana is an ancient Vedic prose text of the Samaveda tradition, detailing sacrificial rituals, liturgy, and associated theological interpretations.
B. Mulasutras
Mulasutras are foundational Jain canonical texts that outline core doctrines, ethical principles, and monastic disciplines within the Agama literature.
C. Brahma Sutras
The Brahma Sutras are a foundational Hindu philosophical text that systematically codifies and interprets the teachings of the Upanishads, forming a core scriptural basis for Vedanta.
D. Chedasutras
Chedasutras are a group of Jain canonical texts that primarily detail monastic discipline, rules of conduct, and penance for monks and nuns.
E. Baudhayana Dharmasutra
The Baudhayana Dharmasutra is an ancient Sanskrit text of the Dharmasutra genre that outlines social, legal, and religious duties within early Vedic Hindu society.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Jaimini Sutras
Target entity description: Jaimini Sutras is an ancient Sanskrit text attributed to the sage Jaimini that forms a foundational work of the Purva Mimamsa school of Hindu philosophy, focusing on Vedic ritual and dharma.

A. Jaiminiya Brahmana
Jaiminiya Brahmana is an ancient Vedic prose text of the Samaveda tradition, detailing sacrificial rituals, liturgy, and associated theological interpretations.
B. Mulasutras
Mulasutras are foundational Jain canonical texts that outline core doctrines, ethical principles, and monastic disciplines within the Agama literature.
C. Brahma Sutras
The Brahma Sutras are a foundational Hindu philosophical text that systematically codifies and interprets the teachings of the Upanishads, forming a core scriptural basis for Vedanta.
D. Chedasutras
Chedasutras are a group of Jain canonical texts that primarily detail monastic discipline, rules of conduct, and penance for monks and nuns.
E. Baudhayana Dharmasutra
The Baudhayana Dharmasutra is an ancient Sanskrit text of the Dharmasutra genre that outlines social, legal, and religious duties within early Vedic Hindu society.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu philosophical text ⓘ Mimamsa text ⓘ Vedic commentary ⓘ
associatedWith	orthodox (astika) Hindu philosophy ⓘ
attributedTo	sage Jaimini ⓘ linked to: Jaimini
author	Jaimini ⓘ
canonicalStatus	foundational text of Purva Mimamsa ⓘ
category	Hindu scriptures ⓘ Indian philosophy literature ⓘ
commentarialTradition	Kumarila Bhatta’s works ⓘ Prabhakara school commentaries ⓘ Shabara Bhashya ⓘ
concerns	interpretation of Vedic injunctions ⓘ ritual duty ⓘ sacrificial rites ⓘ
doctrine	eternality of the Vedas ⓘ primacy of ritual over knowledge ⓘ
emphasizes	performance of prescribed rites ⓘ ritual correctness ⓘ scriptural injunctions (vidhi) ⓘ
focusesOn	Vedic ritual ⓘ dharma ⓘ ritual exegesis of the Vedas ⓘ
genre	sutra literature ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	Hindu ritual law ⓘ Smriti and Dharmashastra interpretation ⓘ
influenced	Hindu theories of dharma ⓘ later Mimamsa commentaries ⓘ
isPartOf	Purva Mimamsa corpus ⓘ linked to: Purva Mimamsa Sutras
language	Sanskrit ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	Purva Mimamsa ⓘ linked to: Purva Mimamsa Sutras
primaryConcern	authority of the Vedas ⓘ ritual action (karma) ⓘ
region	Indian subcontinent ⓘ linked to: South Asia
rejects	Vedic authorship by a human composer ⓘ
relatedTo	Vedanta (as a complementary school) ⓘ linked to: Vedanta
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
script	Devanagari (in most modern editions) ⓘ
structure	aphoristic statements (sutras) ⓘ
subject	classification of Vedic sentences ⓘ hermeneutics of Vedic texts ⓘ rules for deriving dharma from scripture ⓘ
teaches	that dharma is known only through the Vedas ⓘ
timePeriod	ancient India ⓘ
tradition	Mimamsa ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shabara Svamin → commentaryOn → Jaimini Sutras ⓘ

Ślokavārttika → commentaryOn → Mīmāṃsā-sūtra of Jaimini ⓘ

linked to: Jaimini Sutras

Shabara Bhashya → commentaryOn → Jaimini Sutras ⓘ

Shabara Bhashya → associatedWithText → Jaimini’s Purva Mimamsa Sutras ⓘ