Mīmāṃsā, “inquiry”, usually means Pūrva Mīmāṃsā, the school founded on Jaimini’s sūtras that interprets the Vedic injunctions to ritual action. It developed sophisticated theories of language, interpretation and knowledge. Vedānta, the inquiry into the Upaniṣads, is called the later Mīmāṃsā.
Mīmāṃsā
The school of Vedic exegesis that interprets the ritual injunctions of the Vedas and defends their authority.
Also: Mimamsa, Purva Mimamsa