मीमांसा
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- মীমাংসা (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬷᬫᬵᬂᬲᬵ (Balinese script)
- মীমাংসা (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰱𑰦𑰯𑰽𑰭𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀻𑀫𑀸𑀁𑀲𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- မီမာံသာ (Burmese script)
- મીમાંસા (Gujarati script)
- ਮੀਮਾਂਸਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑍀𑌮𑌾𑌂𑌸𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦷꦩꦴꦁꦱꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂲𑂧𑂰𑂁𑂮𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಮೀಮಾಂಸಾ (Kannada script)
- មីមាំសា (Khmer script)
- ມີມາໍສາ (Lao script)
- മീമാംസാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᡳᡳᢀ᠋ᠮᠠ᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘲𑘦𑘰𑘽𑘭𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠢᠢᢀ᠋ᠮᠠᢗᠰᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧓𑧆𑧑𑧞𑧍𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐷𑐩𑐵𑑄𑐳𑐵 (Newa script)
- ମୀମାଂସା (Odia script)
- ꢪꢷꢪꢵꢀꢱꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆵𑆩𑆳𑆁𑆱𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖱𑖦𑖯𑖽𑖭𑖯 (Siddham script)
- මීමාංසා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩑𑩛𑩴𑩛𑪖𑪁𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚯𑚢𑚭𑚫𑚨𑚭 (Takri script)
- மீமாஂஸா (Tamil script)
- మీమాంసా (Telugu script)
- มีมาํสา (Thai script)
- མཱི་མཱཾ་སཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒲𑒧𑒰𑓀𑒮𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨁𑨊𑨢𑨊𑨸𑨰𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]Desiderative stem of मन् (man), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]मीमांसा • (mīmāṃsā́) stem, f
- profound thought, investigation, examination, discussion
- theory
- (philosophy, Hinduism) The name of one of the six great Indian philosophical systems, पूर्वमीमांसा (pūrvamīmāṃsā) is a system of ritualism concerned with the correct interpretation of Vedic ritual and text, and उत्तरमीमांसा (uttaramīmāṃsā) is a system practically the same as the वेदान्त (vedānta).
Declension
[edit]| Feminine ā-stem declension of मीमांसा (mīmāṃsā́) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | मीमांसा mīmāṃsā́ |
मीमांसे mīmāṃsé |
मीमांसाः mīmāṃsā́ḥ |
| Vocative | मीमांसे mī́māṃse |
मीमांसे mī́māṃse |
मीमांसाः mī́māṃsāḥ |
| Accusative | मीमांसाम् mīmāṃsā́m |
मीमांसे mīmāṃsé |
मीमांसाः mīmāṃsā́ḥ |
| Instrumental | मीमांसया / मीमांसा¹ mīmāṃsáyā / mīmāṃsā́¹ |
मीमांसाभ्याम् mīmāṃsā́bhyām |
मीमांसाभिः mīmāṃsā́bhiḥ |
| Dative | मीमांसायै mīmāṃsā́yai |
मीमांसाभ्याम् mīmāṃsā́bhyām |
मीमांसाभ्यः mīmāṃsā́bhyaḥ |
| Ablative | मीमांसायाः / मीमांसायै² mīmāṃsā́yāḥ / mīmāṃsā́yai² |
मीमांसाभ्याम् mīmāṃsā́bhyām |
मीमांसाभ्यः mīmāṃsā́bhyaḥ |
| Genitive | मीमांसायाः / मीमांसायै² mīmāṃsā́yāḥ / mīmāṃsā́yai² |
मीमांसयोः mīmāṃsáyoḥ |
मीमांसानाम् mīmāṃsā́nām |
| Locative | मीमांसायाम् mīmāṃsā́yām |
मीमांसयोः mīmāṃsáyoḥ |
मीमांसासु mīmāṃsā́su |
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References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “मीमांसा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 818, column 3.