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Original Article

Author :

MR. GURURAJ MAMDY, SCHOOL OF LAW, CHRIST (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY).

Volume :

1

Issue :

3

Abstract :

The idea of Dharma can be categorized into two concepts, one being a normative concept and the other being how it regulates the day-to-day activities of individuals in their social and personal life, it defines the duties of individuals towards the society, towards their family, towards life and God. The authority for Dharma, such as everything else, was said to be the Vedas. Different sources were said to lay on this sole authority. It was perceived that notwithstanding the Vedas (sruti), there was a subsidiary specialist in the law codes (smrti), certain Dharmasastras coming to accept incredible significance. A third source was “sadacara”, great or devout traditions, or traditions of the great. These various sources formulated the centre of Dharma as a tradition that governs the administration of social and personal aspects of individuals.