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Glossary
DHA
DHANIKA-A creditor (AŚ III. 11, Manu Sam.
VIII. 51. Yujnavalkya, II. 55.
DHĀNVANA-DURGA (1) Desert Fort (vide AS
II. 3).
(2) Maru Durga of Vişnu Samhitā III. 6.
(3) Dhanva Durga of Mahābhārata Śānti Parva,
86.5 and Manu Sam. VII. 70.¹
=
97
(4) This fort remains surrounded by deserts and
devoid of water for five Yojanas.³
DHARMA (1) Righteousness as in the Asokan
Inscriptions.³
(2) 'Religious and ritualistic law as well as rules
of morality and prudence" as in the term
Dharmasastra.
(3) Virtue, being one of the four ends of human
existence.5
(4) =Dharmaśāstra, sacred canon, being one of
the four sources of the state law. (See Viva-
dapada).
DHARMAVIJAYA-(1) Conquest by righteous-
ness. Asoka advocates such a type of conquest
1. The reading dhanurdurgāni in Manu Sam, VII. 70
seems to be a corruption for dhanvadurgam.
2. Vide, S. C. Banerji, A Glossary of Smrti Literature, p. 56.
3. Cf. iyami dhamma lipi-iyam dharmalipih (dharmānu-
vardhakaḥ lekhah); Asoka's first rock edict, Girnar version.
Vide D. C. Sircar, Select Inscriptions, Vol. I, p. 15 f.
4. Cf. A. S. Altekar. SGAI, p. 259.
5. Cf. dharmārthāvirodhena kāmaṁ seveta (AS' I. 7).
6. Cf. AS' III. 1.
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DHA
DHANIKA-A creditor (AŚ III. 11, Manu Sam.
VIII. 51. Yujnavalkya, II. 55.
DHĀNVANA-DURGA (1) Desert Fort (vide AS
II. 3).
(2) Maru Durga of Vişnu Samhitā III. 6.
(3) Dhanva Durga of Mahābhārata Śānti Parva,
86.5 and Manu Sam. VII. 70.¹
=
97
(4) This fort remains surrounded by deserts and
devoid of water for five Yojanas.³
DHARMA (1) Righteousness as in the Asokan
Inscriptions.³
(2) 'Religious and ritualistic law as well as rules
of morality and prudence" as in the term
Dharmasastra.
(3) Virtue, being one of the four ends of human
existence.5
(4) =Dharmaśāstra, sacred canon, being one of
the four sources of the state law. (See Viva-
dapada).
DHARMAVIJAYA-(1) Conquest by righteous-
ness. Asoka advocates such a type of conquest
1. The reading dhanurdurgāni in Manu Sam, VII. 70
seems to be a corruption for dhanvadurgam.
2. Vide, S. C. Banerji, A Glossary of Smrti Literature, p. 56.
3. Cf. iyami dhamma lipi-iyam dharmalipih (dharmānu-
vardhakaḥ lekhah); Asoka's first rock edict, Girnar version.
Vide D. C. Sircar, Select Inscriptions, Vol. I, p. 15 f.
4. Cf. A. S. Altekar. SGAI, p. 259.
5. Cf. dharmārthāvirodhena kāmaṁ seveta (AS' I. 7).
6. Cf. AS' III. 1.
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