Manava-Dharmashastra, Mānava-Dharmaśāstra, Manavadharmashastra, Mānavadharmaśāstra: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Mānava-Dharmaśāstra and Mānavadharmaśāstra can be transliterated into English as Manava-Dharmasastra or Manava-Dharmashastra or Manavadharmasastra or Manavadharmashastra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: Oxford Bibliographies: HinduismThe Mānava-Dharmaśāstra (“Manu” for short) occupies a pivotal position in the long history of Dharmaśāstric textual production. Dharmaśāstras produced before Manu, in the last three centuries BCE, consisted of prose texts written in the sutra style with interspersed verses. Manu is the first to be written entirely in verse, a style that is followed by all later authors. Manu is also the first to integrate completely the Arthaśāstric material dealing with the duties of the king, warfare and foreign policy, and law and jurisprudence.
Manu was also considered within the native tradition itself as the most authoritative text on dharma. Its preeminent position was clearly established by the 5th century CE and possibly as early as the 3rd. Sometime toward the middle of the first millennium, Bṛhaspati, one of Manu’s successors and himself a composer of a Dharmaśāstra, pays Manu the ultimate compliment:
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMānavadharmaśāstra (मानवधर्मशास्त्र).—the institutes of Manu.
Derivable forms: mānavadharmaśāstram (मानवधर्मशास्त्रम्).
Mānavadharmaśāstra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mānava and dharmaśāstra (धर्मशास्त्र).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryMānavadharmaśāstra (मानवधर्मशास्त्र).—[neuter] Manu's law-book.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Mānavadharmaśāstra (मानवधर्मशास्त्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Jones. 411. Io. 236. 934. 935. 1170. 1407-10. 1551. 1552. 1786. 2155. 2337. 3235. W. p. 307. Oxf. 355^b. Paris. (B 169. 234. D 49). L. 1165. Khn. 78. B. 3, 112. Report. Xxiii. Ben. 129. Bik. 418-20. Kāṭm. 2 (and—[commentary]). Pheh. 2 (and—[commentary]). Rādh. 19 (and—[commentary]). Oudh. Viii, 18. Xvii, 38. Burnell. 125^b. P. 11. 21. Bhk. 19. H. 187. 188. Oppert. 97. 587. 1016. 2528. 2659. 3734. 3826. 4756. 4930. 5123. 5293. 6523. 6628. 6766. 6967. 7357. 7564. 7621. 7768. Ii, 349. 963. 1129. 1352. 2346. 2665. 3225. 4823. 5404. 5863. 6133. 7106. 7689. 8673. 8918. 9186. 9636. 9838. 9896. 10343. Rice. 210. Peters. 2, 187. Bp. 261. Bühler 546.
—[commentary] Oppert. 2394.
—[commentary] Manvarthamuktāvalī by Kullūka. Io. 236. Khn. 68. K. 190. B. 3, 112. Ben. 134. Bik. 420. Rādh. 19. Oudh. Xvii, 38. Burnell. 126^a. Oppert. 43. 884. 2657. 3735. Ii, 2914. 3620. 5487. 6368. 8303. 9143. 9637. 10306. Peters. 2, 187.
—[commentary] by Kṛṣṇanātha. NW. 162.
—[commentary] Manvāśayānusāriṇī by Govindarāja. Io. 2155 (2 first books). K. 190. Oudh. Viii, 18. P. 11. Poona. 193.
—[commentary] Nandinī by Nandanācārya. Burnell. 126^a.
—[commentary] by Sarvajña Nārāyaṇa. B. 3, 114. P. 11.
—[commentary] by Medhātithi. Io. 934. 935. 1407-10. 1551. 1552. W. p. 307. B. 3, 114. Ben. 137. 138. 147. Haug. 39. NW. 76. Np. V, 160. Vii, 20. Poona. 105. 634. 650. 658. Oppert. 2395. Ii, 6134. 6845. 7423. 7690. 7709. Bühler 546.
—[commentary] Manvarthacandrikā by Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī. Paris. (D 49). Khn. 78. Bik. 420. Rādh. 19. Burnell. 126^a. Lahore. 10. Bhr. 110. Oppert. 4820. Ii, 7424.
—[commentary] by Rucidatta. Rice. 210. Bṛhanmanu. Quoted by Hemādri, Vijñāneśvara Oxf. 356^a, by Mādhavācārya Oxf. 270^b, in Madanapārijāta, etc. Vṛddhamanu. Quoted by Hemādri, Mādhavācārya Oxf. 270^b, Raghunandana, etc. Jyotirmanu. Quoted in Dharmaprakāśa. Manusmṛtidharmāḥ, extracts from the Manusmṛti. H. 189.
Mānavadharmaśāstra has the following synonyms: Manusmṛti.
2) Mānavadharmaśāstra (मानवधर्मशास्त्र):—Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 64. Stein 98.
—[commentary] by Udayakara. Quoted by Caṇḍeśvara in Vivādaratnākara. p. 455. 560. 583. 590.
—[commentary] Manvarthamuktāvalī by Kullūka. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 64. Stein 98.
—[commentary] Nandinī by Nandanācārya. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 40. 64.
—[commentary] Subodhinī by Maṇirāma Dīkṣita, son of Gaṅgārāma. Stein 98. 310 (inc.).
—[commentary] by Medhātithi. Rgb. 296. Stein 98.
Mānavadharmaśāstra has the following synonyms: Manusmṛti.
3) Mānavadharmaśāstra (मानवधर्मशास्त्र):—Ulwar 1412.
—[commentary] by Kullūka. ibid.
—[commentary] by Medhātithi. Cs. 2, 2. 3 (adhyāya 12).
4) Mānavadharmaśāstra (मानवधर्मशास्त्र):—Ak 393. As p. 136 (3 Mss.). Cr. Cs 2, 486 ([fragmentary]). Jl. (1-11 and a part of 12). C. [anonymous] Ak 394 (inc.). C. by Kullūka. As p. 137. Cs 2, 566 (inc.). C. by Nandana. Bc 526 (8. 9). Hz. 1523 (inc.). C. by Medhātithi. Ak 395 (inc.). As p. 137. Bc 522. 523. Jl. (2 Mss.). C. by Rāghavānanda. Bc 526 (8. 9). 527.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMānavadharmaśāstra (मानवधर्मशास्त्र):—[=mānava-dharma-śāstra] [from mānava] n. Name of the code of laws attributed to Manu (= manusaṃhitā).
[Sanskrit to German]
Manava-Dharmashastra in German
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryMānavadharmaśāstra (मानवधर्मशास्त्र):—n. the institutes of Manu;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Partial matches: Shastra, Dharmashastra, Manava, Manavadharma.
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