Mīmāṃsā process of establishing principles of interpretation is named as adhikaraṇa. A universal model of discussion was developed— ‘अधिकरण पद्धति’.
Adhikaraṇa consists of five things.
The structure of a discourse in this Science of Interpretation will have the following five components: (a) विषय; a problem, issue or topic (b) विशय; doubt (c) पूर्वपक्ष; opponent’s view (d) उत्तरपक्ष; proponent’s view (e) सङ्गति; rationality, cogency, the coherence among them.
This understanding comes from Kumārila Bhaṭṭa in his Ślokavārtika which explains this method.
विषयविशयोश्चैवपूर्वपक्षस्तथोत्तरः। सङ्गतिश्चेति पञ्चाङ्गं शास्त्रे अधिकरणं मतम्॥
Somehow this is what is lacking in every field of discourse in our contemporary times. Not only contemporary but lots of books are written failing to understand the science of interpretation to be followed especially with the Indic texts. This includes not only western academia but is also not followed by the Indian researchers.
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