मीमांसा
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit मीमांसा (mīmāṃsā).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /miː.mɑːn.sɑː/, [miː.mä̃ːn.säː]
Noun
मीमांसा • (mīmānsā) f
- deep thought, reflection, consideration, philosophical inquiry
- (philosophy, Hinduism) Mīmāṃsā (an ancient school of Hindu philosophy)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | मीमांसा mīmānsā |
मीमांसाएँ mīmānsāẽ |
| oblique | मीमांसा mīmānsā |
मीमांसाओं mīmānsāõ |
| vocative | मीमांसा mīmānsā |
मीमांसाओ mīmānsāo |
Derived terms
- ईश्वरमीमांसा (īśvarmīmānsā)
- ज्ञानमीमांसा (jñānmīmānsā)
- तत्त्वमीमांसा (tattvamīmānsā)
- नीतिमीमांसा (nītimīmānsā)
- मूल्यमीमांसा (mūlyamīmānsā)
References
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “मीमांसा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3938
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “मीमांसा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 815
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
From the desiderative stem of मन् (man, “to think”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /miː.mɑ̃ː.sɑ́ː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /miː.mɑ̃ː.s̪ɑː/
Noun
मी॒मां॒सा • (mīmāṃsā́) stem, f
- profound thought, reflection, consideration, investigation, philosophical inquiry, examination, discussion
- c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 10.23.43:
- नासां द्विजातिसंस्कारो न निवासो गुराव् अपि ।
न तपो नात्ममीमांसा न शौचं न क्रियाः शुभाः ॥- nāsāṃ dvijātisaṃskāro na nivāso gurāv api.
na tapo nātmamīmāṃsā na śaucaṃ na kriyāḥ śubhāḥ. - The rites of dvijas [twice-borns] have not been done for them, nor do they live with the guru; in them there is no penance, no self-reflection, no purity and no pious deeds.
- nāsāṃ dvijātisaṃskāro na nivāso gurāv api.
- नासां द्विजातिसंस्कारो न निवासो गुराव् अपि ।
- theory
- (philosophy, Hinduism) Mīmāṃsā (an ancient school of Hindu philosophy)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मी॒मां॒सा (mīmāṃsā́) | मी॒मां॒से (mīmāṃsé) | मी॒मां॒साः (mīmāṃsā́ḥ) |
| accusative | मी॒मां॒साम् (mīmāṃsā́m) | मी॒मां॒से (mīmāṃsé) | मी॒मां॒साः (mīmāṃsā́ḥ) |
| instrumental | मी॒मां॒सया॑ (mīmāṃsáyā) मी॒मां॒सा¹ (mīmāṃsā́¹) |
मी॒मां॒साभ्या॑म् (mīmāṃsā́bhyām) | मी॒मां॒साभिः॑ (mīmāṃsā́bhiḥ) |
| dative | मी॒मां॒सायै॑ (mīmāṃsā́yai) | मी॒मां॒साभ्या॑म् (mīmāṃsā́bhyām) | मी॒मां॒साभ्यः॑ (mīmāṃsā́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मी॒मां॒सायाः॑ (mīmāṃsā́yāḥ) मी॒मां॒सायै॑² (mīmāṃsā́yai²) |
मी॒मां॒साभ्या॑म् (mīmāṃsā́bhyām) | मी॒मां॒साभ्यः॑ (mīmāṃsā́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मी॒मां॒सायाः॑ (mīmāṃsā́yāḥ) मी॒मां॒सायै॑² (mīmāṃsā́yai²) |
मी॒मां॒सयोः॑ (mīmāṃsáyoḥ) | मी॒मां॒साना॑म् (mīmāṃsā́nām) |
| locative | मी॒मां॒साया॑म् (mīmāṃsā́yām) | मी॒मां॒सयोः॑ (mīmāṃsáyoḥ) | मी॒मां॒सासु॑ (mīmāṃsā́su) |
| vocative | मीमां॑से (mī́māṃse) | मीमां॑से (mī́māṃse) | मीमां॑साः (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.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “मीमांसा”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1272
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “मीमांसा”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 229
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “mīmāṃsā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.