Mimamsasutra 3.2.3.p1
Jaiminīyanyāyamālā 3.2.3.p1
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3.2.3.p1
’ yāṃ janāḥ pratinandati ’ ityayaṃ mantroṣṭakāśrāddhasyāṅgam | tecca śrāddhaṃ smārtam | na hi tasya pratipādakaṃ vedavākyamupalabhāmahe | tasmādidaṃ mantravākyaṃ na dharme pramāṇamiti cet | na | tanmūlasya vedasyānumeyatvāt | anumānaṃ ca darśitam | tasmādasau mantro dharme
This mantra, "Whom the people greet with joy...", is an auxiliary to the Aṣṭakā-śrāddha. And that śrāddha is traditional. For we do not find a direct Vedic statement teaching it. Therefore, if it is argued that this mantra statement is not a means of valid cognition regarding dharma, no; because its foundational Veda is inferable. And the inference has been demonstrated. Therefore, that mantra is, regarding dharma,
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- Jaiminīyanyāyamālāvistara — Mādhava, Sanskrit
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