Rajadharma, Rājadharma, Rājadharmā, Rajan-dharma: 14 definitions

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2. Sanskrit
3. Kannada
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Rajadharma means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Rājadharmā (राजधर्मा).—A stork, which was a friend of Brahmā and a son of Kaśyapaprajāpati. This stork was known as Nāḍījaṅgha also. (See under Nāḍījaṅgha).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Rājadharma (राजधर्म).—Also Kṣatradharma; no sin to kill one in war.^*

* Matsya-purāṇa 103. 22.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)

Source: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)

Rājadharma (राजधर्म) refers to “(the science of) politics”, according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, [while discussing the importance of hawks]: “[...] To possess the knowledge of what is practicable and of the means to achieve it, to discern what is easily attainable and what is not, to employ proper persons for proper works and dissuade them from doing what is improper, and such other qualities, which have been highly spoken of in politics (rājadharma) [are considered also essential in the art of hawking]”.

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This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.

Dharmashastra (religious law)

Source: Shodhganga: Devalasmrti reconstruction and critical study

Rājadharma (राजधर्म) refers to one of the topics dealt with in the (reconstructed) Devalasmṛti, a lost text dealing with Dharmaśāstra authored by Devala—one of the most famous personalities in the ancient Sanskrit literature renowned as a Vedic Seer and a highly celebrated sage.—The original and complete text of Devalasmṛti, is no longer existing. About 2500 prose and verse quotations, of the reconstructed text were thus collected, from numerous printed and manuscript works on Dharmaśāstra. After minute and repeated study of topics, treated in the collected quotations, they were classified even into the following twenty-two different prakaraṇas (divisions) [e.g., the rājadharma], of the three main adhyāyas (chapters).

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Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

rājadharma (राजधर्म).—m (S) A law or precept as prescribed in the Shastras for the guidance of kings in the administration of government. 2 A quality or a virtue appropriate to or befitting kings. 3 Kingly duty or peculiar business.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Rājadharma (राजधर्म).—

1) a king's duty.

2) a law or rule relating to kings (oft. in pl.).

Derivable forms: rājadharmaḥ (राजधर्मः).

Rājadharma is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms rājan and dharma (धर्म).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Rājadharma (राजधर्म).—[masculine] a king’s duty; Pl. the laws relating to kings.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Rājadharma (राजधर्म) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Pheh. 12.
—from Matsyapurāṇa. Haug. 52. Burnell. 192^a.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Rājadharma (राजधर्म):—[=rāja-dharma] [from rāja > rāj] m. a k°’s duty

2) [v.s. ...] [plural] rules or laws relating to kings, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.

3) [v.s. ...] = mānuśāsana, [Catalogue(s)]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Rājadharma (राजधर्म):—[rāja-dharma] (rmmaḥ) 1. m. Royal duty; duty of the military tribe.

[Sanskrit to German]

Rajadharma in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Rājadharma (ರಾಜಧರ್ಮ):—[noun] the prescribed political, moral and ethical ways for ruling a state or nation.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Rājadharma (राजधर्म):—n. 1. the duty of king or government; 2. the rights of a king or government;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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