To my knowledge, the term “codanā” in the Mīmāṃsāsūtra refers to the fundamental injunction (literally, compelling injunction) among a lot of injunctions (vidhi-s) of a sacrifice. It prompts one to perform the sacrifice making one know the originality/novelty (apūrva), that is, the unique form (rūpa) of the sacrifice that consists of the combination of oblation and deity.
See my paper “Change of View on Apūrva from Śabarasvāmin to Kumārila.” S. Mayeda (ed.): The Way to Liberation, Indological Studies in Japan, Japanese Studies on South Asia No. 3, New Delhi, 2000, 149‒165, p.150, notes 1−5, and 16, in:
best wishes
Kiyotaka Yoshimizu
The sūtra reads: codanālakṣaṇo ‘rtho dharmaḥ. codanā means injunction, especially Vedic injunction, and is often used as a synonym of vidhi. So dharma is something beneficial disclosed by a Vedic injunction. PatrickOn Sep 20, 2018, at 12:41 PM, alakendu das via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote: To all, 1.1.2.of Jaimini's Sutra' on Purva Mimansha,says- ChodanaLakshmanArthaDharma". I am eager to get an elaborate meaning of the term" Chodana". Can anybody kindly throw some light on this? Alakendu Das. Sent from RediffmailNG on Android _______________________________________________ INDOLOGY mailing list INDOLOGY@list.indology.info indology-owner@list.indology.info (messages to the list's managing committee) http://listinfo.indology.info (where you can change your list options or unsubscribe)_______________________________________________ INDOLOGY mailing list INDOLOGY@list.indology.info indology-owner@list.indology.info (messages to the list's managing committee) http://listinfo.indology.info (where you can change your list options or unsubscribe)