The History of Indian Literature c9.185

c9.185

∗ With the exception of two probably interpolated passages in the Gṛihya-Sútras of the Ṛik (see pp. 56–58).—Nor is there anything bearing on it in the Gaṇapáṭha of Páṇini—of which, indeed, for the present, only a negative use can be made, and even this only with proper caution. But as the word is irregularly formed (from Jeman we should expect Jaimani), this circumstance may here, perhaps, carry some weight. [Apparently it is not found in the Mahábháshya either; see *I. St.*, xiii. 455. On the other hand, the name Jaimini occurs in the concluding vaṅśa of the Sáma-vidhána-Bráhm. (v. *I. St.*, iv. 377), and here the bearer of it is described as the disciple of Vyása Páráśarya, and preceptor of a Paushpiṇḍya, which answers exactly to the statement in the Vishṇu-Pur., iii. 6. 1, 4, where he appears as the teacher of Paushpiñji (cf. also Raghuv., 18. 32, 33). The special relation of Jaimini to the Sáma-Veda appears also from the statements in the Ṛig-Gṛihyas (see note 49 above), which agree with Vishṇu-Pur., iii. 4. 8, 9. Indeed, the Charaṇa-vyúha specifies a Jaiminíya recension of the Sáman; and this recension appears to be still in existence (see note 60 above). In the Pravara section of the Áśval.-Śrauta-S., xii. 10, the Jaiminis are classed as belonging to the Bhṛigus.—All this, however, does not afford us any direct clue to the date of our Jaimini above, whose work, besides, is properly more related to the Yajur- than to the Sáma-Veda. According to the Pañchatantra, the ‘Mímáṅsákṛit’ Jaimini was killed by an elephant—a statement which, considering the antiquity of this work, is always of some value; although, on the other hand, unfortunately, in consequence of the many changes its text has undergone, we have no guarantee that this particular notice formed part of the original text which found its way to Persia in the sixth century (cf. *I. St.*, viii. 159).—There is also an astrological (Játaka) treatise which goes by the name of Jaimini-Sútra; see *Catal. of Skr. MSS. N. W. Pro.* (1874), pp. 508, 510, 514, 532.]