The most studied bhashya (reviews and commentaries) on Jaimini's texts were written by scholars named Shabara, Kumarila, and Prabhakara.
Buddhist, Jain, and skeptical perspectives questioned the significance of sacrifices, while some adherents continued their practice despite doubts.
[2] The text aims at an exegesis of the Vedas with regard to ritual practice (karma) and religious duty (dharma), commenting on the early Upanishads.
Jaimini's Mimamsa is eminently ritualist (karma-kanda) in comparison to the metaphysical focus on knowledge of the Self (Atman) and Brahman of the Vedanta philosophy.
[13][14] Jaimini also wrote a version of the Mahabharata narrated to him by his preceptor Vyasa, but today, only the Ashvamedhika Parva and the Shasramukhacaritam of his work are available.
Jaimini's Mahabharata is different from Vyasa's because it is more focused on Yuddhishthira's Ashwamedha and the reconstruction of peace between the children of enemies such as Karna, Jayadratha, and Shakuni.
For instance, in Adi Parva, chapter 53, stanza 6, Jaimini is said to be present during Janamejaya's sarpasatra, the yagna (sacrificial ritual) he performed to kill all serpents out of vengeance for his father Parikshit's death.
The mother of those four birds was flying above the battlefield of the great war when she was pierced by an arrow which ripped open her womb.
An elephant's bell fell on the four birds and covered them protectively, keeping the eggs safe throughout the remainder of the war.