[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) › c5.7 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.7 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.7 - **Language:** English ### [c5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.7) ĀCHĀRA. ‘Rule, custom, usage.’ The rules of practice of castes, orders, or religion. There are many books of rules which have this word for the first member of their titles, as Āchāra-chandrikā, ‘moonlight of customs,’ on the customs of the Sūdras; Āchārādarsa, ‘looking-glass of customs;’ Āchāra-dīpa, ‘lamp of customs,’ &c., &c. - [Previous: c5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.6) - [Next: c5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.8) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.7) · Pramāṇa