• most widely studied tertiary Smriti. Smarta Śruti Shastra Sutra Yuga dharma Śāstra pramāṇam in Hinduism Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty (1988), Textual Sources...
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    make an exhaustive search of authentic Hindu scriptures on law (i.e. Dharma sastras) to find support for his cause of Widow remarriage. He stumbled upon...
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  • Shastra (redirect from Śāstra)
    astronomical treatises. The term vedāṅgaśāstrāṇām, refers to the śāstra of the Vedāṅgas. The term "śāstra" is found in Yaska's Nirukta (1.2, 14), where the reference...
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    was addressed as Dharma Raja on account of his strict adherence to Dharma Sastra, the Hindu principles of justice by providing asylum to thousands of...
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  • Sanātana Dharma (Devanagari: सनातन धर्म, meaning "eternal dharma", or "eternal order") is an alternative term used by some Hindus to refer to Hinduism...
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  • four varnas, and prescribes their occupations, requirements and duties, or Dharma. Brahmins: Vedic scholars, priests or teachers. Kshatriyas: Rulers, administrators...
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    Dharma Dharma (/ˈdɑːrmə/; Sanskrit: धर्म, romanized: Dharma, pronounced [dʱɐrmɐ] ) is a key concept with multiple meanings in the Indian religions (Hinduism...
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  • Hinduism (redirect from Vaidika Dharma)
    Hinduism (/ˈhɪnduˌɪzəm/) is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide. The word Hindu is an exonym, and...
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  • the śāstras alone, not on his own will and authority. Furthermore, the king really only enforces what his Brahmin advisers declare to be dharma. The...
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  • the South Asian history of law and was a theoretical resource. The Dharma-sastras, particularly Manusmriti, states Anthony Reid, were "greatly honored...
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  • Hinduism, Śāstra pramāṇam refers to the authority of the scriptures (śruti, Vedas) with regard to puruṣārtha, the objects of human pursuit, namely dharma (right...
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  • Abhidharma (redirect from Dharmas)
    post-canonical Abhidharma works were written as either large treatises (śāstra), as commentaries (aṭṭhakathā), or as smaller introductory manuals. They...
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  • pravachana at Veda Dharma Sastra Paripalana Sabha at Kumbakonam, an organisation that aims to revive and propagate Vedic knowledge and Dharma Sastra, started by...
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  • Research Institute. pp. 143–144. Kane, Pandurang Vaman (1975). History Of Dharma Sastra Vol.1 Pt.2. Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute. Ludo Rocher (2002)...
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  • six legs: the Abhidharma Mahāvibhāṣā Śāstra (T1545), the Abhidharma Vibhāṣā Śāstra (T1546) and the Vibhāṣā Śāstra (T1547).or more on this debate The tradition...
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    Tuṣita Heaven to learn the Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra, the Mahāyāna-sūtra-alaṃkāra-śāstra, the Madhyānta-vibhāga-śāstra, etc.; in the daytime, he lectured on the...
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  • the one excessively pursued. The sastras, states Kane, observe that the relative precedence of artha, kama and dharma are naturally different with age...
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    and credited with modern translations of Vedic literature, Dharma-sutras and Dharma-sastras, states that ancient and medieval Indian texts do not support...
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    high likelihood of interpolation, insertion and corruption in dharma sutras and dharma sastra texts on Upanayana-related rite of passage. Patrick Olivelle...
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  • Puranic Smriti texts on law and conduct, and refer to treatises (śāstras) on Dharma. Unlike Dharmasūtra which are based upon Vedas, these texts are mainly...
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    university. ISBN 9788120806542. Dutt, Manmatha Nath (1 March 2006). The Dharma Sastra Or the Hindu Law Codes. Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4254-8964-9...
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  • and āśauca-nirnaya. R. G. Bhandarkar classifies Nirṇayāmṛta among the dharma-śāstra texts. David Pingree's Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit records...
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    Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. 2004, "Raditya, Issues 79-83", Manikgeni Dharma Sastra Foundation, p. 21. "Climate: Purbalingga". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved...
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  • Yogācārabhūmi-Śāstra and The Questions of the Nāga King Sāgara (Sāgaranāgarājaparipṛcchā) however, four characteristics or “four seals of the Dharma” (Sanskrit:...
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  • atmatusti is closely connected with a more highly acknowledged source of dharma. Śāstra pramāṇam in Hinduism Olivelle, Patrick. 2004. The Law Code of Manu....
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  • The Yogācārabhūmi-Śāstra (YBh, Sanskrit; Treatise on the Foundation for Yoga Practitioners) is a large and influential doctrinal compendium, associated...
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  • 1975), Volume I, Part II, 944. Kane, Pandurang Vaman (1975). History Of Dharma Sastra Vol.1 Pt.2. Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute. Kane, P. V., History...
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  • Purāṇa, Dharma-śāstra, Veda, and Jyotiṣa. The university offers a PhD in the following fields of study: Sāhitya, Veda, Purāṇa, Jyotiṣa, Vāstu-śāstra, Paurohitya...
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    days, and he opposed this practice by quoting verses from the Hindu Dharma Sastra to prove his point. His opponents used to organise special meetings...
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  • Vasubandhu, Shastra on the Door to Understanding a Hundred Dharmas Nāgārjuna, Bodhisaṃbhāra Śāstra, Letter to a Friend, Biographies of great Buddhist monastic...
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