The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c14.s9.t7.39

c14.s9.t7.39

It is not surprising that *mahārāṣṭradharma* should have so many interpretations. Under our very eyes we notice that a corresponding European category has been passing through the same diversity of treatment. The French sociologist Bouglé, for instance, is the author of a work entitled *Qu'est-ce que l'Esprit Français*? What is the French spirit (*Farāsī dharma*)? And he offers twenty-five different definitions.