Dharmaśāstra

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title: Dharmaśāstra
text: Dharmaśāstra are Sanskrit Puranic Smriti texts on law and conduct, and refer to treatises (śāstras) on Dharma. Like Dharmasūtra which are based upon Vedas, these texts also these elaborate law commentaries based on vedas, Dharmashastra themselves evolved from dharmshutra. There are many Dharmashastras, variously estimated to number from 18 to over 100. Each of these texts exists in many different versions, and each is rooted in Dharmasutra texts dated to the 1st millennium BCE that emerged from
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description: Genre of Sanskrit theological texts dealing with dharma
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date created: 2005-02-25T21:48:11Z
date modified: 2024-09-02T03:04:49Z
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