Scholars investigating a private archive within the Jagannath Temple complex in Puri have recovered a 13th-century manuscript detailing the Mimamsa school's philosophy of sound. The text, attributed to a local scholar, argues for the Nityatva (eternity) of the Vedas based on the inherent relationship between a word and its meaning.
This document is particularly valuable because it contains a series of refutations against contemporary materialist schools, providing a rare glimpse into the theological debates of medieval Odisha. It emphasizes the 'vibration of the eternal word' as the foundational substance of the cosmos, a concept central to Sanatan Dharma ritual philosophy.