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== Dharma Classification ==

== Dharma Classification ==

Manifold are the topics that have been included under the Dharmasastra from very ancient times. Classification of dharma was  

Manifold are the topics that have been included under the Dharmasastra from very ancient times. Classification of dharma was primarily based on Shrutis (Vedic texts and rites) and Smritis (Classes and Stages of life). From very ancient times truth is exalted above everything else. Rig veda (7.104.2) "True  speech and false speech run a race against each other. Soma protects out of the two what is true and what is very straight-forward and strikes down what is false." The conception of rta in the Rigveda is a sublime one and is the germ of the later doctrine of the rule of dharma.   

 

two-fold including Shrutis (Vedic texts and rites) and Smritis (Classes and Stages of life)  

 

Three-fold based on Shrutis, Smirtis and Sistachara, as observed by Baudhayana.  

 

Six-fold dharma included dharma of varnas, ashrama dharmas, 

#dharmik perspective of life ('''dharmik jeevan dristi''')

#dharmik perspective of life ('''dharmik jeevan dristi''')

#dharmik codes of conduct ('''dharmik vyavahar sutra''')

#dharmik codes of conduct ('''dharmik vyavahar sutra''')