Dharmaśāstra (‘ treatise on the Law’, ‘ Law code’, ‘ science of dharma’)
In the widest sense, the term designates not just the literature treated below, but also the Dharmasūtras, and the later commentaries and digests. However, it is most usually applied as the collective name given to a voluminous category of verse literature dealing with ... ...
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