मीमांसा
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
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
Desiderative stem of मन् (man), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /miː.mɑ̃ː.sɑ́ː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /miː.mɑ̃ː.s̪ɑː/
Noun
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
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मीमांसा (mīmāṃsā́) | मीमांसे (mīmāṃsé) | मीमांसाः (mīmāṃsā́ḥ) |
| accusative | मीमांसाम् (mīmāṃsā́m) | मीमांसे (mīmāṃsé) | मीमांसाः (mīmāṃsā́ḥ) |
| instrumental | मीमांसया (mīmāṃsáyā) मीमांसा¹ (mīmāṃsā́¹) |
मीमांसाभ्याम् (mīmāṃsā́bhyām) | मीमांसाभिः (mīmāṃsā́bhiḥ) |
| dative | मीमांसायै (mīmāṃsā́yai) | मीमांसाभ्याम् (mīmāṃsā́bhyām) | मीमांसाभ्यः (mīmāṃsā́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मीमांसायाः (mīmāṃsā́yāḥ) मीमांसायै² (mīmāṃsā́yai²) |
मीमांसाभ्याम् (mīmāṃsā́bhyām) | मीमांसाभ्यः (mīmāṃsā́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मीमांसायाः (mīmāṃsā́yāḥ) मीमांसायै² (mīmāṃsā́yai²) |
मीमांसयोः (mīmāṃsáyoḥ) | मीमांसानाम् (mīmāṃsā́nām) |
| locative | मीमांसायाम् (mīmāṃsā́yām) | मीमांसयोः (mīmāṃsáyoḥ) | मीमांसासु (mīmāṃsā́su) |
| vocative | मीमांसे (mī́māṃse) | मीमांसे (mī́māṃse) | मीमांसाः (mī́māṃsāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “मीमांसा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 818, column 3.