History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c93.34.5

v7.c93.34.5

4 were a pūrvapakṣa sūtra, it is expected that sūtra 5 should contain the word 'tu' or 'api vā' in order to indicate that it refutes the view expressed in sūtra 4. What that sūtra means is that the dropping of some anga in the *nitya* rite does not make that rite a different one from the same *nitya* rite when performed with all angas, since the text about its performance (with all angas or with some angas) is one and the same and the vedic instruction is that all angas have to be done (if possible). Interpreted thus, that sūtra is not a pūrvapaksa at all, but only emphasizes the siddhānta with additional reasons. The upshot would be that Jaimini mentioned five times in PMS is only one person and that he is a different person (who had written on P. M.) from the reputed author of the extant PMS