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Showing posts with label dharma literature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dharma literature. Show all posts

Hinduism - Who Is Considered The Author Of The Yajnavalkya Smrti?

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  Yajnavalkya is mentioned in the Upanishads, the theoretical books that make up the Veda's most recent textual layer, as a sage affilia...

Hinduism - What Is The Treatment Of Women In Dharma Literature?

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  Women from all socioeconomic categories were deemed shudras  in the dharma literature, which meant they couldn't have another chi...

Hinduism - What Is Vivaha Samskara?

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  Vivaha ("strengthening") Samskara.   The fifteenth of the life cycle ceremonies (samskaras) is when a man and a woman become...

Hinduism - Who Are The Vishvedevas In Hindu Mythology?

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  Based on the literal meaning of the word ("all the gods"), this name might be interpreted as referring to all gods, or it can re...

Hinduism - What Is Svadharma?

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  Svadharma is a Sanskrit word that means "righteousness."  "One's own dharma" is a phrase that in the context of ...

Hinduism - What Is Surapana In Dharma Literature?

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    (“liquor-drinking”) In the dharma literature, one of the Four Great Crimes, the act of which rendered one a social outcast. Although...

Hinduism - What Is The Term For Religious Duty In Sanskrit?

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Religious duty is summed up in Hindu dharma, dharmashastra, and dharma literature. Look up Dharma for more information. You may also want to...

Hinduism - Where Are Hindu Religious Law Defined?

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  Religious Law are consolidated primarily within the  dharmashastra. See dharma, dharmashastra, and dharma literature. You may also wan...