. ▁roughly ▁ 7 0 0 ). ▁The ▁M ī m ā ṃ s ā ▁school ▁strongly ▁influenced ▁V ed ā nt a ▁which ▁was ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁U tt ara - M ī m ā ṃ s ā , ▁however ▁while ▁M ī m ā ṃ s ā ▁emphas ized ▁k arm ak ā ṇ ḍ a , ▁or ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁rit ual ▁actions , ▁using ▁the ▁four ▁early ▁V ed as , ▁the ▁V ed ā nt a ▁schools ▁emphas ized ▁j ñ an ak ā ṇ ḍ a , ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁knowledge , ▁using ▁the ▁later ▁parts ▁of ▁V ed as ▁like ▁the ▁Up ani ṣ ads . ▁ ▁V ed ā nt a ▁ ▁V ed ā nt a ▁( mean ing ▁" end ▁of ▁the ▁V ed as ") ▁or ▁U tt ara - M ī m ā ṃ s ā , ▁are ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁trad itions ▁which ▁focus ▁on ▁the ▁philosoph ical ▁issues ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁Pr as than at ray i ▁( the ▁three ▁sources ), ▁which ▁are ▁the ▁Princi pal ▁Up an ish ads , ▁the ▁Bra h ma ▁S ut ras ▁and ▁the ▁Bh ag av ad ▁G ita . ▁V ed ā nt a ▁sees ▁the ▁V ed as , ▁particularly ▁the ▁Up an ish ads , ▁as ▁a ▁reliable ▁source ▁of ▁knowledge . ▁ ▁The ▁central ▁concern ▁for ▁these ▁schools ▁is ▁the ▁nature ▁of ▁and ▁relationship ▁between ▁Bra h man ▁( ult imate ▁reality , ▁universal ▁conscious ness ),