Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s7.t14.1

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One of the six schools of Brahmanistic philosophy in ancient India is Mimamsa. The Chinese term弥曼差for it is a transliteration from Sanskrit Mīmāṃsā, a word meaning “investigation”. It became an independent philosophical school in ca 2nd century BCE. It was introduced into China along with Buddhism and had exerted a certain influence upon ancient Chinese thinking circles.