Purva-Mimamsa in its Sources c30.3
Pūrva-Mīmāṃsā in its Sources c30.3
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c30.3
There are five means by which this *Order of Sequence* is determined. They are—(1) *‘Śruti’* Direct Assertion; (2) *Artha*, Purpose (or Utility); (3) *‘Pāṭha’*, Verbal Text; (4) *‘Pravṛtti’*, commencement (or Tendency); (5) *‘Kāṇḍa’*, Place (in the texts); and (6) *‘Mukhya’*, the Principal.