Word origin · etymology
Sanskrit personal-name attribution.
Jaimini is the name of the sage to whom texts and methods are attributed. The school label is eponymous; no speculative personal-name root is supplied.
How we know · epistemology
Textual and lineage-based method
Its significators and timing rules are grounded in a particular Indian textual tradition and its interpretations. Implementations must identify the adopted variant; substituting rules from another school can produce a coherent-looking but methodologically mixed reading.
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