Māntric effect, effervescent devatā-S, noetic supplications, and apūrva in the mīmāṃsā

Abstract

The Śrauta, ritual rules of Āpastambha, correspond closely to the sūtras of the Mīmāṃsā. Other Śrauta manuals generally presuppose principles of interpretations evolved in Jaimini’s systematic treatment mantras and their precise recitations used in sacrifices, krama, that is, order of sacrificial procedure, and so on. Ontologically, it is the dravya (offering material) and devatā that constitute the yāga (sacrifice), and mantra is the conduit, in as much as mantra (from mana, to think) brings forth the deity as it were residing in the sutric-threads of the mantras (say, Agni) to the mind upon recital and in the proper affectation of the yajñas as prescribed in the Brāhmanas and Śrauta manual..