Which among the following schools of Hindu philosophy is considered anti-ascetic and anti-mysticist?
AVaisheshika
BNyaya
CMimansa ✓ Correct
DSamkhya
Correct answer: (C) Mimansa
Explanation
Among the Hindu schools, Mimamsa is seen as anti-ascetic and anti-mysticist, stressing ritual action in this world.
Vaisheshika is a school of atomism and natural categories, not defined by this stance.
Nyaya is the school of logic and valid reasoning, a different concern.
Samkhya is a dualist system counting the principles of existence, not this worldly ritualism.
Purva Mimamsa's focus on dharma through ritual gives it its practical, this-worldly bent.
It was systematised by Jaimini in his Mimamsa Sutras.
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