A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Morality
This page describes Morality which is located on page 330 of the second volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Morality” according to 81 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi [by Ganganatha Jha]
In this sense there is the following saying—‘Wife, son, friends, riches and wealth—all these are lost when the man’s body is destroyed; it is Morality alone which never abandons him; hence one might abandon his sons and wife, but never Morality.’...
Read full contents: Verse 8.17
Philosophy of Charaka-samhita [by Asokan. G]
The domain of morality precisely consists of both the behaviour of a person to others and also his character and conduct to himself as a man. Thus, while judging a moral point of view or moral institution these two aspects deserve due attention. In the West, generally speaking, morality is understood mainly in the sense of social reference. “Outside a society there is no question of morality....
Read full contents: General outlook of morality
Mahabharata (English) [by Kisari Mohan Ganguli]
One class of wise men declare that morality is nothing else than the approved course of the world. The man of true knowledge should find out for himself the morality laid down for the good. If even a wise man speaks of morality under the influence of wrath or confusion of understanding or ignorance, his deliverances go for nothing....
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