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Concept of Dharma in Classical Hindu Law.

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dc.contributor.author Amarasinghe, P.
dc.contributor.author Attapattu, D.N.
dc.date.accessioned 2017-11-24T06:13:40Z
dc.date.available 2017-11-24T06:13:40Z
dc.date.issued 2017
dc.identifier.citation Amarasinghe,P.,and Attapattu, D.N. (2017). Concept of Dharma in Classical Hindu Law. International Conference on Sanskrit Studies, 2017 Department of Sanskrit, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.p.44. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/18263
dc.description.abstract The word Dharma has derived from the Sanskrit root “dhr”, which stands for the sustainability and preservation. Dharma plays a vital role in the center of Hinduism. The Aryan invasion the applicability of the term Dharma was visible in the earliest Vedic text “ Rig Veda”. In this very text of Vedic literature has left an apparent analysis on how Dharma becomes a cardinal principle in whole Hindu doctrine. A passage in “Puruña sūkta” refers to this commentary. In the beginning there was Dharma. Here it stood for the Natural or Cosmic Law. In fact, this paper mainly focuses on how this universal norm called “Dharma” was placed as cardinal virtue in Classical Hindu Law. In studying the vast literature relating to Hindu legal philosophy from Manusmruthi to the entire Dharmashastra literature, it becomes an obvious fact to understand that concept was Dharma had given a central position in Hindu jurisprudence. Many of the classical Hindu jurists had relied on their judicial interpreation mainly based on the concept of “Dharma”. Furthermore this paper will trace the discovery of "Manusmruthi" and how it influenced the the Western notion of understanding natural law in accordance with Dharma. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher International Conference on Sanskrit Studies, 2017 Department of Sanskrit, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. en_US
dc.subject Dharma en_US
dc.subject Interpreation en_US
dc.subject Natural Law en_US
dc.subject Sanskrit en_US
dc.title Concept of Dharma in Classical Hindu Law. en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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