[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.488 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.488 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.488 - **Language:** English ### [c5.488](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.488) DHARMA. An ancient sage, sometimes classed among the Prajāpatis. He married thirteen (or ten) of the daughters of Daksha, and had a numerous progeny; but all his children “are manifestly allegorical, being personifications of intelligences and virtues and religious rites, and being therefore appropriately wedded to the probable authors of the Hindu code of religion and morals, or the equally allegorical representation of that code, Dharma, moral and religious duty.”—Wilson. - [Previous: c5.487](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.487) - [Next: c5.489](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.489) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (1) - [Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.488](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.488) · Pramāṇa