Purva-Mimamsa in its Sources c12.2

c12.2

We have seen that the things of the World—the Objects of Cognition—are real. Now there arises the question—What are these things? Under what general heads are they classified by the Mīmāṃsaka? So far we have not met with any systematic account of these ‘Padārthas’ or categories, in the Bhāṣya, or in the Bṛhatī or in the Ślokavārtika or in the Tantravārtika.