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DHANIKA--A creditor (AŚ III. 11, Manu Saṁ.
VIII. 51. Yūjñavalkya, II. 55.
DHĀNVANA-DURGA--(1) Desert Fort (vide AŚ
II. 3).
(2) =Maru Durga of Viṣṇu Saṁhitā III. 6.
(3) Dhanva Durga of Mahābhārata Śānti Parva,
86.5 and Manu Saṁ. VII. 70. The reading dhanurdurgāṇi in Manu Saṁ, VII. 70
seems to be a corruption for dhanvadurgam.
(4) This fort remains surrounded by deserts and
devoid of water for five Yojanas. Vide, S. C. Banerji, A Glossary of Smṛti Literature, p. 56.
DHARMA--(1) Righteousness as in the Asokan
Inscriptions. Cf. iyami dhamma lipi=iyaṁ dharmalipih (dharmānu-
vardhakaḥ lekhaḥ); Asoka's first rock edict, Girnar version.
Vide D. C. Sircar, Select Inscriptions, Vol. I, p. 15 f.
(2) 'Religious and ritualistic law as well as rules
of morality and prudence' as in the term
Dharmaśāstra. Cf. A. S. Altekar. SGAI, p. 259.
(3) Virtue, being one of the four ends of human
existence. Cf. dharmārthāvirodhena kāmaṁ seveta (AS'Ś I. 7).
(4) =Dharmaśāstra, sacred canon, being one of
the four sources of the state law. Cf. AS'Ś III. 1. (See Vivā-
dapada).
DHARMAVIJAYA--(1) Conquest by righteous-
ness. Asoka advocates such a type of conquest
VIII. 51. Yūjñavalkya, II. 55.
DHĀNVANA-DURGA--(1) Desert Fort (vide AŚ
II. 3).
(2) =Maru Durga of Viṣṇu Saṁhitā III. 6.
(3) Dhanva Durga of Mahābhārata Śānti Parva,
86.5 and Manu Saṁ. VII. 70. The reading dhanurdurgāṇi in Manu Saṁ, VII. 70
seems to be a corruption for dhanvadurgam.
(4) This fort remains surrounded by deserts and
devoid of water for five Yojanas. Vide, S. C. Banerji, A Glossary of Smṛti Literature, p. 56.
DHARMA--(1) Righteousness as in the Asokan
Inscriptions. Cf. iyami dhamma lipi=iyaṁ dharmalipih (dharmānu-
vardhakaḥ lekhaḥ); Asoka's first rock edict, Girnar version.
Vide D. C. Sircar, Select Inscriptions, Vol. I, p. 15 f.
(2) 'Religious and ritualistic law as well as rules
of morality and prudence' as in the term
Dharmaśāstra. Cf. A. S. Altekar. SGAI, p. 259.
(3) Virtue, being one of the four ends of human
existence. Cf. dharmārthāvirodhena kāmaṁ seveta (A
(4) =Dharmaśāstra, sacred canon, being one of
the four sources of the state law. Cf. A
dapada).
DHARMAVIJAYA--(1) Conquest by righteous-
ness. Asoka advocates such a type of conquest