Re: [INDOLOGY] mīmāṃsā

Tue Sep 20 13:41:08 UTC 2016

Patrick mentioned that scriptural commandments "were originally meant for a
group of people in a different time and place," which is not the way that
Mīmāṃsakas understand scriptural commandments. They consider the
commandments themselves to be outside of time (and apauruṣeya, not authored
by any historical person), and their addressees to be defined by open-ended
criteria that cut across time and space (adhikāra). There is some
discussion of how these commandments are imagined to work in the
Mīmāṃsānyāyaprakāśa, already mentioned, which has been translated by
Franklin Edgerton <http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/264213>, and in
James Benson's recent translation of the Mīmāṃsānyāyasaṃgraha of Mahādeva
Vedāntin (Wiesbaden 2010). Maybe one place to start is the discussion of
adhikāra-vidhis (in the sixth adhyāya of the Mīmāṃsā system, and section
225 ff. in Edgerton's translation).

You may also want to consult Kanchana Natarajan, *The Vidhi Viveka of
Maṇḍana Miśra: Understanding Vedic Injunctions* (Delhi 1995).

On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 5:48 AM, Nagaraj Paturi <nagarajpaturi at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear Patrick,
>
> > I thought I might find some help here in locating the passages I seek.
>
> By mīmāmsā, if you mean the original book of the darśana on which all the
> books known as mīmāmsā books are composed, you do not get any passages as
> you sought. The book is in the form of sūtras. .
>
> If you saw a passage as you mentioned, it must be a book interpreting or
> discussing the sūtras.
>
> śāstra compelling someone to act in a certain way is a complex issue.
> Depending on which sampradāya a person follows, and the varṇa and āśrama to
> which one considers oneself belonging, feeling oneself  compelled
> by śāstra to follow karmakānḍa varies.
>
> For example, a sannyāsi of advaita or a follower of certain Bhakti
> tradition may not feel compelled that way.
>
> You might want to know the complexity of these details.
>
> A list member may guide you to a publication discussing such details.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 1:36 PM, Krishnaprasad G <
> krishnaprasadah.g at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> For beginners Arthasangraha is better. Especially the translation and
>> notes by A.B Gajendragadkar and R.D Karmarmakar is very lucid and clear
>>
>> On Sep 20, 2016 9:17 AM, "patrick mccartney" <psdmccartney at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Friends,
>>>
>>> I find myself intrigued by the idea that there are people today
>>> compelled to carry on the karmakāṇḑa rituals.
>>>
>>> I read a brief passage that alludes to the mīmāṃsā thought-world as
>>> providing textual evidence and injunctions for this practice of reenacting
>>> scriptural commandments, which were originally meant for a group of people
>>> in a different time and place. However, it only mentions mīmāṃsā and does
>>> not mention any specific author or text.
>>>
>>> I would like to read this text but, as I know very little about mīmāṃsā
>>> I do not really know where to start. I thought I might find some help here
>>> in locating the passages I seek.
>>>
>>> Thank you for your help.
>>>
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>>
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