#authorless-text

¶ A scripture with no author: what Mīmāṃsā does to the intention debate

The Western argument about artistic intention assumes there is an author whose mind we either consult or ignore. My tradition has a case where, on its own account, there is no author at all. Pūrva Mīmāṃsā holds that the Veda is apauruṣeya:…