Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.s4.2

c6.s4.2

Kautsa’s denial of a semantic status to Veda was met with a strong rebuttal not only from Yāska but from philosophers like Jaimini, Śabara and Sāyaṇa. In *Mīmāṁsāsūtra* I.1, Jaimini raises a question — does the study of Veda include only its memorization or learning it with the meanings of *mantras* also? He then argues in favour of the second option. Pāraskara in his *Gṛhyasūtram* has defined Veda having three functions: *vidhi* (injunction), *vidheya* (application) and *tarka* (argument).