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Dharmashastra (religious law)

Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-śāstra

Ādhyadhīna (आध्यधीन) is a Sanskrit technical term, used in law, referring to “servants and others”. The word is used throughout Dharmaśāstra literature such as the Manusmṛti. (See the Manubhāṣya, verse 8.167)

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Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Adhyadhīna (अध्यधीन).—a. [ādhikyena adhīnaḥ] Completely subject or dependent, as a slave; नाध्यधीनो न वक्तव्यो न दस्युर्न विकर्मकृत् (nādhyadhīno na vaktavyo na dasyurna vikarmakṛt) | Manusmṛti 8.66 (Kull. atyantaparatantro garbhadāsaḥ).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adhyadhīna (अध्यधीन).—[adjective] wholly dependent.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adhyadhīna (अध्यधीन):—[=adhy-adhīna] mfn. completely subject to or dependent on (as a slave), [Manu-smṛti]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adhyadhīna (अध्यधीन):—[tatpurusha compound] m. f. n.

(-naḥ-nā-nam) Very dependant, slave by birth. E. adhi and adhīna, or adhyadhi, taddh. aff. kha; see the E. of adhīna.

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Adhyadhina in German

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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.

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Partial matches: Adhina.

Full-text: Adhina.

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Search found 1 books and stories containing Adhyadhina, Ādhyadhīna, Adhyadhīna, Adhy-adhina, Adhy-adhīna; (plurals include: Adhyadhinas, Ādhyadhīnas, Adhyadhīnas, adhinas, adhīnas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)

Verse 8.167 < [Section XXIX - Contracts, when invalid]

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