Jaimini

(4th c. B.C.E.?) Figure traditionally cited
as the author of the Mimamsa Sutras,
the central texts of the Purva Mimamsa
school, one of the six schools of Indian
philosophy. The Mimamsa school is
most concerned with the examination
and pursuit of dharma (“righteous
action”). In their pursuit of dharma,
the Mimamsa also believed that all
necessary instructions were contained
in the Vedas, the oldest Hindu religious
texts. Given these twin assumptions,
much of Mimamsa thought is devoted to
the principles and methods of textual
interpretation used to unlock the
instructions that they were confident
the Vedas contained.
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Jahnavi
Sculpture of the goddess Ganga, the Ganges River,
who is also known as Jahnavi.