The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c14.s9.t7.41

c14.s9.t7.41

*Mahārāṣṭradharma*, as thus interpreted by Rajwade, Bhat and recently Sardesai, becomes virtually nothing but Hindu religion as generally understood, i.e., in the narrower sense of the term. It comprises (1) practices towards gods (*deva-śāstrāchāra*), (2) local practices (*deśāchāra*), (3) family practices (*kulāchāra*), and (4) caste practices (*jātyāchāra*).¹²