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Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
CHAPTER VIII
PURVAMIMAMSA
The taiat System is the most prominent orthodox system among others, and it is peculiarly known for its adherance to, and the absolute belief in the infallibility of the Vedas. This system tries to understand properly the thoughts embodied in the words of the Vedas. It give so much importance to sound and the words which are formed from it that it denied even the existence of God as the creator of the world. The Vedas are eternal according to the Mimāmsā. The Vedas are self-created, and hence, their origin and authority need not be challenged. The Mimārsā regards that the Vedic texts are eternal, and hence God is not necessary. It denies the existence of God, and so it is called an atheistic system. It has laid special emphasis on the ritualistic aspect of the Brāhmaṇas from which it has been derived. The Brāhmaṇas are mostly ritualistic. The Mjmánsă includes more philosophical elements than the Brāhmaṇās which also had not admitted the fourth puruşārtha (mokşa) as the end to be attained. The Brāhmaṇas were religious in character, and hence, they emphasized mostly the
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