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'''Jaimini''' was an ancient Indian scholar who founded the [[Mīmāṃsā]] school of [[Hindu philosophy]]. He was a disciple of sage [[Veda Vyasa]], the son of [[Parashara]]. Traditionally attributed to be the author of the ''[[Mimamsa Sutras]]'' <ref name="James Lochtefeld 2002">James Lochtefeld (2002), The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Vol. 1 & 2, Rosen Publishing, {{ISBN|978-0823931798}}, pages 438, 437-438, 746</ref><ref name=sradhakrish22/> and ''[[Jaimini Sutras]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Jaimini Sutras|url= http://philosophy.ru/library/asiatica/indica/sutra/jaimini.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Maharishi Jaimini's Jaimini Sutram (complete)|author=P.S.Sastri|publisher=Ranjan Publications|edition=2006|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=04BGPgAACAAJ |isbn=9788188230181|year=2006}}</ref> he is estimated to have lived around the 4th-century BCE.<ref name="James Lochtefeld" /> His school is considered non-theistic,<ref name=fxc3>FX Clooney (1997), What’s a god? The quest for the right understanding of devatā in Brāhmaṅical ritual theory (Mīmāṃsā), International Journal of Hindu Studies, August 1997, Volume 1, Issue 2, pages 337-385</ref> but one that emphasized rituals parts of the [[Vedas]] as essential to [[Dharma]].<ref name=bilimoria>P. Bilimoria (2001), Hindu doubts about God: Towards Mimamsa Deconstruction, in Philosophy of Religion: Indian Philosophy (Editor: Roy Perrett), Volume 4, Routledge, {{ISBN|978-0-8153-3611-2}}, pages 87-106</ref>