[Advaita-l] Regarding the religious marks of purva mimamsakas

[V Subrahmanian]

Regarding the religious marks of purva mimamsakas.



Here is a question on the religious habits of purva mimamsakas of the very
olden days, older than the period of Shankaracharya. The period of Kumarila
Bhatta and his predecessors. What was their mark on the forehead? Was there
any requirement in the shaastra (their shaastra, veda) about this
requirement? Did they perform all their karma-s like sandhya, yajnas, etc.
with nothing on the forehead and other parts of their body? Was there any
requirement of arpana of the karma to any higher deity, like what we do in
the present day: krishnarpanamastu/shivarpanamastu/narayanayeti
samarpayami, etc. Is there any reference for these in the purvamimamsa
texts? The question may be extended to naiyayikas, vaisheshikas, sankhyas,
patanjalas too. [I avoided composing this in Sanskrit so that many people
can participate in this discussion, if it gets initiated.]


regards

subrahmanian.v