Dharma and ‘Custom’: Semantic Persistence, Semantic Change and the Anxieties of the Principled Few
This article does three things. First, it argues that the usage of dharma in the sense of 'customary practice', which is found in compounds such as desadharma and kuladharma, can be traced back to the Atharvaveda. Second, it argues that in the Dharmasastra tradition this usage of the word...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox
2015
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Religions of South Asia
Year: 2015, Volume: 9, Issue: 2, Pages: 137-163 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Veda. Atharvaveda
/ Dharma
/ The Profane
/ Semantic change
/ Dharmaśāstra
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AG Religious life; material religion BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism |
| Further subjects: | B
Dharmaśāstra
B Atharvaveda B Dharma B Custom |
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