This article deals with the rules of interpretation with special reference to Mimansa Aphorisms. The rules contained in Jaimini’s Mimansa are supposed to be the rules of interpretation of Hindu law. Jaimini collected these rules in his ‘Mimansa Sutras’ with the object of introducing critical insight into those who studied the revealed law. His work does not discriminate between civil law and religious duty, the performance of which secures merit. His aphorisms are highly abstruse and require voluminous commentaries to expound their meaning. His work discloses the scholastic method of interpretation. The science of interpretation of Hindu law is quite peculiar and different from that of the Western system which cannot be applied to Hindu law. Jaimini’s Rules of Interpretation, even today, are the only rules which help us in construing Hindu law. The notion that Maxwell’s Law of Interpretation can be used for the interpretation of Hindu law should be disp ....