Dharmashastras

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Hindu legal text genre Hindu scripture genre Sanskrit literature religious law text

The Dharmashastras are a genre of ancient Hindu legal and ethical texts that lay down codes of conduct, social duties, and religious law.

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instanceOf Hindu legal text genre →
Hindu scripture genre →
Sanskrit literature →
religious law text →
aimsTo regulate individual conduct →
regulate social order →
basedOn Vedic tradition →
category Hindu law →
Indian legal history →
describedAs genre of ancient Hindu legal and ethical texts →
developedFrom Dharmasutras →
focusesOn ashrama duties →
civil law →
criminal law →
inheritance rules →
king’s duties →
marriage rules →
penance →
ritual conduct →
varna duties →
hasAspect family law →
judicial procedure →
normative ethics →
property law →
ritual prescriptions →
social regulation →
includesWork Brihaspati Smriti →
Katyayana Smriti →
Manusmriti →
Narada Smriti →
Parashara Smriti →
Vishnu Smriti →
Yajnavalkya Smriti →
influenced colonial codifications of Hindu law →
medieval Indian legal practice →
traditional Hindu law →
language Sanskrit →
mainSubject codes of conduct →
dharma →
religious law →
social duties →
partOf Smriti literature →
relatedTo Arthashastra →
Dharmasutras →
Grihyasutras →
religion Hinduism →
script Devanagari (in many later manuscripts) →
various regional scripts →
timePeriod ancient India →
transmission manuscript tradition →
Referenced by (9)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Dharmashastras ("Manusmriti") →
Dharmashastras ("Yajnavalkya Smriti") →
Dharmashastras ("Narada Smriti") →
Dharmashastras ("Vishnu Smriti") →
includesWork
Dharmashastras ("Hindu law") →
category
Dharmashastras ("Dharmasutras") →
developedFrom
Hinduism →
hasScripture
Brahmins →
historicalTextMention
Dharmashastras ("Dharmasutras") →
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