The foundational text of पूर्व मीमांसा. It was composed by जैमिनि but contains the views of many earlier sages.
it has twelve अध्यायs. An additional four अध्यायs collectively known as the संकर्षकाण्ड are also considered to be the work of जैमिनि though they have never been as widely studied as the first twelve.