Varnadharma, 痴补谤峁嘺诲丑补谤尘补, Varna-dharma: 10 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index痴补谤峁嘺诲丑补谤尘补 (啶掂ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ).鈥擮f the four 惫补谤峁嘺s; could take to other professions in extreme cases. The 腻艣谤补尘补 dharma; specific duties of the V膩naprastha and Sanny膩sa.1 First introduced in the Sv膩yambhuva epoch in five dv墨pas of concentric islands of Hindu cosmos鈥擯lak峁, 艢膩lmali, Ku艣a, Krau帽ca and 艢膩kadv墨pas; its observance in Tretayuga, languishing in Dv膩para, completely ruined in the Kaliyuga; based on 艢rauta and Sm膩rta dharma.2 Aurva narrates to Sagara the duties of all castes.3
- 1) Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 VII. 11. 14-24; XI. 17. 13-58; ch. 18 (whole) . V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺 8. 168-75.
- 2) Brahm膩峁囜笉a-pur膩峁嘺 II. 14. 41; 29. 46; 30. 4; 31. 27-8. 107; 32. 33-44; 35. 195; III. 7. 407-8; 13. 132; 50. 4. IV. 3. 50; 43. 58.
- 3) Vi峁ａ箛u-pur膩峁嘺 III. 8. 20-40.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Dharmashastra (religious law)
: Shodhganga: Devalasmrti reconstruction and critical study痴补谤峁嘺诲丑补谤尘补 (啶掂ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ) refers to one of the topics dealt with in the (reconstructed) Devalasm峁泃i, a lost text dealing with Dharma艣膩stra authored by Devala鈥攐ne of the most famous personalities in the ancient Sanskrit literature renowned as a Vedic Seer and a highly celebrated sage.鈥擳he original and complete text of Devalasm峁泃i, is no longer existing. About 2500 prose and verse quotations, of the reconstructed text were thus collected, from numerous printed and manuscript works on Dharma艣膩stra. After minute and repeated study of topics, treated in the collected quotations, they were classified even into the following twenty-two different 辫谤补办补谤补峁嘺蝉 (divisions) [e.g., the var峁嚹迮洶钩静筳膩tidharma], of the three main 补诲丑测腻测补蝉 (chapters).
Dharmashastra (啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶�, dharma艣膩stra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary惫补谤峁嘺dharma (啶掂ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ).鈥攎 (S) The occupation, business, function, or virtue peculiar or appropriate to a caste or tribe.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English惫补谤峁嘺dharma (啶掂ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ).鈥�m Function peculiar to a caste.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary痴补谤峁嘺诲丑补谤尘补 (啶掂ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ).鈥攖he peculiar duties of a caste.
Derivable forms: 惫补谤峁嘺诲丑补谤尘补岣� (啶掂ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啶�).
痴补谤峁嘺诲丑补谤尘补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 惫补谤峁嘺 and dharma (啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary痴补谤峁嘺诲丑补谤尘补 (啶掂ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ).鈥擺masculine] sgl. & [plural] the laws or duties of castes.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary痴补谤峁嘺诲丑补谤尘补 (啶掂ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ):鈥擺=惫补谤峁嘺-dharma] [from 惫补谤峁嘺 > var峁�] m. the [particular] duty or occupation of any caste or tribe, [Gautama-dharma-艣膩stra; Manu-sm峁泃i etc.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary痴补谤峁嘺诲丑补谤尘补 (啶掂ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ):鈥擺惫补谤峁嘺-dharma] (谤尘尘补岣�) 1. m. Particular occupation of any caste.
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus痴补谤峁嘺诲丑补谤尘补 (嗖掂舶喑嵿玻嗖о舶喑嵿伯):鈥擺noun] the traditionally set occupation of the vour classes (see 惫补谤峁嘺 sl. no. 4 above) of Hindu society.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary痴补谤峁嘺诲丑补谤尘补 (啶掂ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ):鈥攏. the peculiar duties of a caste; social dharma;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Varna, Dharma, Dharma, Dharma, Dhamma.
Full-text: Varndharm, Bhargabhumi, Dhamma, Varnashrama, Shaunaka, Shishupala, Aurva.
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