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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The ____ school establishes the foundations of interpreting Vedic texts that has been employed by other schools of thought.
A
Vedanta
B
Vaisheshika
C
Mimamsa
D
Samkhya
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Mimamsa is a Sanskrit term meaning “to analyse and realise deeply.” It is one of the six astika (orthodox) Indian philosophical school traditions, focusing on the essence of dharma. The deserving one who earns by doing dharma will go to paradise after death. Sage Jaimini was the one who proposed it.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Mimamsa Sutra (Sanskrit: , Mīmāṁsā Sūtra) or the Purva Mimamsa Sutras (ca. 300–200 BCE), written by Rishi Jaimini is one of the most important ancient Hindu philosophical texts. It forms the basis of Mimamsa, the earliest of the six orthodox schools (darshanas) of Indian philosophy.

Detailed explanation-3: -Kumarila Bhatta and Prabhakara Misra are two of Mimamsa’s most prominent and influential interpreters, and they formed two schools of thought named after them: the Bhatta and Prabhakara schools of Mimamsa.

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