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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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
Dharmashastra 3
Dharmashastras canonical 3
Dharmasutras 3

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu legal text genre ⓘ
Hindu scripture genre ⓘ
Sanskrit literature ⓘ
religious law text ⓘ
aimsTo regulate individual conduct ⓘ
regulate social order ⓘ
basedOn Vedic tradition ⓘ
category Dharmashastras self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hindu law

Indian legal history ⓘ
describedAs genre of ancient Hindu legal and ethical texts ⓘ
developedFrom Dharmashastras self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Dharmashastras self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Manusmriti

Dharmashastras self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Narada Smriti

Parashara Smriti ⓘ
Dharmashastras self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Vishnu Smriti

Dharmashastras self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Dharmashastras self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dharmasutras

Grihyasutras ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
script Devanagari (in many later manuscripts) ⓘ
various regional scripts ⓘ
timePeriod ancient India ⓘ
transmission manuscript tradition ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hinduism → hasScripture → Dharmashastras ⓘ
Dharmashastras → developedFrom → Dharmashastras self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dharmasutras
Dharmashastras → includesWork → Dharmashastras self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Manusmriti
Dharmashastras → includesWork → Dharmashastras self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yajnavalkya Smriti
Dharmashastras → includesWork → Dharmashastras self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Narada Smriti
Dharmashastras → includesWork → Dharmashastras self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vishnu Smriti
Dharmashastras → category → Dharmashastras self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hindu law
Dharmashastras → relatedTo → Dharmashastras self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dharmasutras
Brahmins → historicalTextMention → Dharmashastras ⓘ
Smriti literature → includes → Dharmashastras ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dharmashastra
ancient India → producedText → Dharmashastras ⓘ
subject surface form: Ancient India
this entity surface form: Dharmasutras
Apad dharma → hasInterpretationBy → Dharmashastras ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dharmaśāstra commentators
Katyayana Smriti → tradition → Dharmashastras ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dharmashastra
Shruti → citedBy → Dharmashastras ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dharmaśāstras
Hindu scriptures → hasPart → Dharmashastras ⓘ
Sampurnanand Sanskrit University → focusesOn → Dharmashastras ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dharmashastra
Manusmriti → partOf → Dharmashastras ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dharmashastra corpus
Manusmriti → influenced → Dharmashastras ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hindu personal law