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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Dharmasūtra (धर्मसूत्र).—A son of Suvrata and father of Śama.^*

• * Bhāgavata-purāṇa IX. 22. 48.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dharmasūtra (धर्मसूत्र).—a book on पूर्वमीमांसा (pūrvamīmāṃsā) written by Jaimini.

Derivable forms: dharmasūtram (धर्मसूत्रम्).

Dharmasūtra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dharma and sūtra (सूत्र).

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

Dharmasūtra (धर्मसूत्र).—I. n. a work on law, [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 71, 12. Ii. m. a proper name, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 9, 22, 16. Brahmasūtra, i. e.

Dharmasūtra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms dharma and sūtra (सूत्र).

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

Dharmasūtra (धर्मसूत्र).—[neuter] a manual on law and custom.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Dharmasūtra (धर्मसूत्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Ben. 7 (2).
—by Āpastamba q. v.
—by Gautama q. v.

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

1) Dharmasūtra (धर्मसूत्र):—[=dharma-sūtra] [from dharma > dhara] n. a Sūtra [work] treating on l° and custom (-kāra m. the author of a S° [work] [Uttararāma-carita iv, 1/2] -vyākhyā f. Name of [work])

2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a son of Su-nata, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

[Sanskrit to German]

Dharmasutra 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

Dharmasūtra (ಧರ್ಮಸೂತ್ರ):—[noun] any of several Saṃskṛta texts that deal with code of conduct for domestic, social, religious life of Hindu people.

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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.

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