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ancient author, whose memorial verses are frequently cited by the com- 

 mentators of Jaimini, under the title of Sangraha. 



Another metrical paraphrase is largely employed in the Vdrtica, or is a 

 part of that work itself. An entire chapter occurs under the title of Sluca 

 vdrtica : other whole chapters of Cujiarila's performance are exclusively 

 in prose. In many, vei'se and prose are intermixed. 



The most approved introduction to the study of the Mimdnsd is the 

 Nydya-mdld-vistara by Madhava acharya. It is in verse, attended with a 

 commentary in prose by the same author. It follows the order of Jaimini's 

 text ; not by way of paraphrase, but as a summary (though the title rather 

 implies amplification) of its purport, and of approved deductions from it ; 

 sometimes explaining separately the doctrine of Bhatta and of Guru, under 

 each head ; at other times that of the old scholiast ; but more commonly 

 confined to that of Bhatta alone ; yet often furnishing more than one appli- 

 cation for the same text, as Bhatta himself does. 



Madhava acharya was both priest and minister, or civil as well as 

 spiritual adviser of Bucca-raya and Harihara, sovereigns of Vidydnagara 

 on the Guddvari, as his father Mayana had been of their father and prede- 

 cessor Sangama, who reigned over the whole peninsula of India, 



Like the numerous other writings which bear his name, the Nydya-mdld 

 was composed, not by himself, but by his directions, under the more 

 immediate superintendence of his brother, Sayana-acharya; and it appears 

 from its preface to have been the next performance undertaken after the 

 completion of their commentary on Parasara's institutes of law ; and it 

 suitably enough preceded the great commentary of the same authors on the 

 whole of the vedas. 



According to history, confirmed by authentic inscriptions, Madhava 

 flourished towards the middle of the fourteenth century : the sovereigns, 

 whose confidence he enjoyed, reigned from that time to the end of the 

 century. 



Analysis of the Mimdnsd. 



From this brief notice of the principal writers on the M'nndnsd, I pass to 

 tlie subject wliich lias occupied them. 



A complete adhicarana, or case, consists of five members, viz. 1, the 

 subject, or matter to be explained ; 2, the doubt, or question arising upon 

 that matter ; 3, tlie first side (purva-pacslia) or prima facie argument con- 



