History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.550

v7.c99.550

Dharma, three important words in the Ṛgveda are ṛta, vrata and dharma, that were transformed into other meanings later on, 21; is not immutable, but liable to change and is subject to country and time 1629; roots of (Dharmamūla), four or five, acc to Dharma-sūtras (ancient) and Yāj 1256, 1264; several classifications, one into śrauta (based on Veda) and smārta (based on smṛtis), another into sıx (named and illustrated) 1632, Sages (ancient) had an intuitive perception of D. 1098; Sources of (fourteen), acc. to Yāj. 1152; why so called 1627.