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

Declension of *मीमांसा* (fem ā-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	मीमांसा mīmānsā	मीमांसाएँ mīmānsāẽ
oblique	मीमांसा mīmānsā	मीमांसाओं mīmānsāõ
vocative	मीमांसा mīmānsā	मीमांसाओ mīmānsāo

Derived terms

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

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)
ᠮᠢᠢᢀ᠋ᠮᠠᢗᠰᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (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.
theory
(philosophy, Hinduism) Mīmāṃsā (an ancient school of Hindu philosophy)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of मी॒मां॒सा
	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.