among the many Dharmaśāstras of Hinduism. Over fifty manuscripts of the Manusmriti are now known, but the earliest discovered, most translated and presumed...

rakṣitaḥ) is a popular Sanskrit phrase mentioned in the Mahabharata and Manusmriti verse 8.15. It can be loosely translated as "Dharma protects those who...

certain portions from Manusmriti on the status of women and their role created a controversy where he allegedly said that the Manusmriti treated all women...

of followers to burn copies of Manusmriti. Thus annually 25 December is celebrated as Manusmriti Dahan Din (Manusmriti Burning Day) by Ambedkarites and...

described as eternal. Various fragments of time are described in the Vedas, Manusmriti, Bhagavata Purana, Vishnu Purana, Mahabharata, Surya Siddhanta etc. Sidereal...

people mentioned in ancient Indian literature, such as the Mahabharata, Manusmriti, and the Puranic literature. The origin of the Sanskrit name Cīna is commonly...

hierarchical traditional Hindu society. The ideology is epitomized in texts like Manusmriti, which describes and ranks four varnas, and prescribes their occupations...

hypocrisy". A complete description of Kali Yuga is found in the Mahabharata, Manusmriti, Vishnu Smriti, and various Puranas. According to P. V. Kane, one of the...

appears in the Rigveda and it is found in other Hindu texts such as the Manusmriti, Arthashastra, dharmaśāstras and jyotiḥśāstras. In some cases, Shudras...

The visvedevas (Sanskrit: विश्वेदेव, IAST: Viśvēdēva) refers to the designation used to address the entirety of the various deities featured in the Vedas...