The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c14.s9.t7.37

c14.s9.t7.37

In another context (p. 172) Ranade explains *mahārāṣṭradharma* in quite a different manner. He considers it to mean the "religion" of Mahārāṣṭra, the country of the Marathas. This religion, again, is interpreted by him to mean not the conventional religion of the Hindus, but the reformed and somewhat liberalized religion and morality as is alleged to have been preached by the "saints and prophets of Mahārāṣṭra" in the days of Rāmdās.