A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Varnasramadharma
This page describes Varnasramadharma which is located on page 503 of the third 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 “Varnasramadharma” according to 34 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Atithi or Guest Reception (study) [by Sarika. P.]
varna-dharma, ashrama-dharma, varnashrama-dharma, guna-dharma and naimittika-dharma. Dharmasutras and Smritis give very much importance to these Dharmas and they deal with them elaborately....
Read full contents: Part 1 - Introduction to Varnashrama-dharma (the wholeness of one’s life)
The Markandeya Purana (Study) [by Chandamita Bhattacharya]
Varnashrama-dharma (Introduction). The varnashrama-dharma represents the social principles of the Hindus. Varnashramadharma means the duties related to social class (varna) and different stages of life (ashrama) in spiritual discipline to be performed by every member of the society. In a society, the role of dharma is very significant. Dharma contributes to the preservation, progress and welfare of the society and, in a wider sense, of the whole world....
Read full contents: Varnashrama-dharma (Introduction)
The Gita’s Ethics (A Critical Study) [by Arpita Chakraborty]
These were known as varnashrama dharma. This varnashrama dharma has been the main basis of the classification of duties in Indian ethics, right from the Vedas to our own time. Besides the varnashrama dharma, some other duties were also held as important such as auxiliary duties concerned with one s station in life and society. Men and women used to aspire for mundane pleasures in this life and the supermundane pleasures of heaven in the life to come....
Read full contents: 3. The Vedas
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