The Sanskrit term Dharmaśāsana can be transliterated into English as Dharmasasana or Dharmashasana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

India history and geography

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Dharma-śāsana.—(EI 18, 22, 33; SII 1), an edict relating to dharma; a religious edict. (EI 22; SITI), same as tāmra-śāsana; a document recording a gift made for charitable purposes. Note: dharma-śāsana is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dharmaśāsana (धर्मशासन).—a code of laws, jurisprudence; न धर्मशास्त्रं पठतीति कारणम् (na dharmaśāstraṃ paṭhatīti kāraṇam) H.1.17; Y.1.5. [मनुर्यमो वसिष्ठोऽत्रिः दक्षो विष्णुस्तथाङ्गिराः । उशना वाक्पतिर्व्यास आपस्तम्बोऽ थ गौतमः ॥ कात्यायनो नारदश्च याज्ञवल्क्यः पराशरः । संवर्तश्चैव शङ्खश्च हारीतो लिखितस्तथा ॥ एतैर्यानि प्रणीतानि धर्मशास्त्राणि वै पुरा । तान्येवातिप्रमाणानि न हन्तव्यानि हेतुभिः (manuryamo vasiṣṭho'triḥ dakṣo viṣṇustathāṅgirāḥ | uśanā vākpatirvyāsa āpastambo' tha gautamaḥ || kātyāyano nāradaśca yājñavalkyaḥ parāśaraḥ | saṃvartaścaiva śaṅkhaśca hārīto likhitastathā || etairyāni praṇītāni dharmaśāstrāṇi vai purā | tānyevātipramāṇāni na hantavyāni hetubhiḥ) ||]

Derivable forms: dharmaśāsanam (धर्मशासनम्).

Dharmaśāsana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dharma and śāsana (शासन). See also (synonyms): dharmaśāstra.

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

Dharmaśāsana (धर्मशासन).—n. a code of law, Mahābhārata 1, 2950.

Dharmaśāsana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dharma and śāsana (शासन).

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

Dharmaśāsana (धर्मशासन).—[neuter] a law-book.

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

Dharmaśāsana (धर्मशासन):—[=dharma-śāsana] [from dharma > dhara] n. l°-book, code of laws, [Mahābhārata]

[Sanskrit to German]

Dharmashasana 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Dharmaśāsana (ಧರ್ಮಶಾಸನ):—

1) [noun] = ಧರ್ಮಸಾಧನ - [dharmasadhana -] 2.

2) [noun] a king ruling as per the right religious, moral and political principles.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Dharma, Shasana, Tarma.

Starts with: Dharmashasana-patta.

Full-text: Dharmashasana-patta, Dharmavijaya-shasana, Dharmashastra, Kataka, Yogi.

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