Volume-I, Issue-V, August 2025
Novel Insights A Peer-Reviewed Quarterly Multidisciplinary Research Journal |
| Volume-I, Issue-V, August, 2025 |
Dharmaśāstra: Its Role in Regulating Social Order Dr. Prasenjit Ghoshal, SACT, S.C.B.C. College, Lalbagh, Murshidabad, West Bengal, IndiaEmail: prasenjitghoshal1987@gmail.com |
Received: 27.07.2025 | Accepted: 19.08.2025 | Published Online: 31.08.2025 |
Page No: 309-
314 | DOI: 10.69655/novelinsights.vol.1.issue.05W.035 | |
Abstract | ||
Dhṛ-dhātu man Pratya the dharma-śabda is perfected. √Dhṛ dhātu means holding, nurturing, maintaining, supporting etc. Religion concept. That is, that which holds is religion. Religion is what holds the individual, society and the world or what the individual, society holds or observes. This form of religion is expressed in the Mahabharata – 'धारणाद्धर्ममित्याहुर्धर्मेण विधृताः प्रजाः। यः स्याद्धारणसंयुक्तः स धर्म इति निश्चयः।। (Mahā12.109.11) That is, the religion that holds, the religion holds all the people. That by which retention and sustenance is accomplished is religion. The dictionary meaning of the word dharma is precept, code of conduct, duty, virtue, justice, good deeds, ceremony, disposition, character trait, conduct, non-violence etc. Noteworthy, the meaning of religion has changed according to scriptures and context. In various mantras of the Vedas, words like ṛta, satya, vrata, kratu or yajña, punya, karma etc. are found as synonyms of religion or religion. In the Brahmaṇṇṇṇṇas—dharma—the word vidhi or niyama, i.e. yagagynadi—is used to mean a precept of action or duty—yāgādireva dharma.' Dharma in the Upanishads refers to the realization of truth, or the search for truth. In Śrimad Bhagavadgīā (6.1.40) it is said that the Vedas are Dharma. And what is forbidden in the Vedas is adharma- वेदप्रणिहितो धर्मो ह्यधर्मस्तद्विपर्ययः। Keywords: ṛta, satya non-violence, Dharmaśastra,Manusamhita Śrautasūtras etc | ||