Indian Philosophy v1.c13.2

v1.c13.2

*Page 131.*—The older Vedic idea of ṛta relating to the order of the physical and the moral spheres becomes definitely transformed in the Brāhmaṇas into the concept of dharma which refers specially to the moral order of the world. It includes all those spheres which were later discriminated into ritual, code, law, custom and etiquette. Sometimes “dharma” appears as a god. See Śat. Brāh., xiii. 4. 3. 14. Page 136.—See Keith: Aitareya Brāhmaṇa.