Dharmashastra texts

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:religion
Hindu legal literature
gptkbp:authority Brahmin scholars
gptkbp:basisFor colonial Hindu law
modern personal law in India
gptkbp:commented_by gptkb:Medhatithi
gptkb:Vijnaneshwara
gptkb:Apararka
gptkb:Kulluka_Bhatta
gptkbp:covers gptkb:family
gptkb:marriage
gptkb:crime
civil law
property rights
rituals
inheritance
penance
caste duties
gptkbp:genre Smriti literature
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dharmashastra texts
gptkbp:includes gptkb:Gautama_Dharmasutra
gptkb:Apastamba_Dharmasutra
gptkb:Baudhayana_Dharmasutra
gptkb:Vasistha_Dharmasutra
gptkb:Manusmriti
gptkb:Narada_Smriti
gptkb:Parashara_Smriti
gptkb:Yajnavalkya_Smriti
gptkb:Vishnu_Smriti
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Hindu_law
customary law in South Asia
gptkbp:language gptkb:Sanskrit
gptkbp:period ancient India
gptkbp:prescribes ritual purity
religious observances
social duties
penal codes
rules for ascetics
rules for householders
rules for kingship
varna-ashrama dharma
gptkbp:purpose regulation of social, legal, and moral conduct
gptkbp:region Indian subcontinent
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Upanishads
gptkb:Arthashastra
gptkb:Shruti
Sanskrit literature
gptkbp:subject dharma (law, duty, ethics)
gptkbp:tradition gptkb:Hinduism
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Kanyadaan
gptkb:Apaddharma
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7