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== Dharma Classification ==

== Dharma Classification ==

Manifold are the topics that have been included under the Dharmasastra from very ancient times.  From very ancient times '''''Truth''''' is exalted above everything else. Rig veda (7.104.12) says    <blockquote>सुविज्ञानं चिकितुषे जनाय सच्चासच्च वचसी पस्पृधाते । तयोर्यत्सत्यं यतरदृजीयस्तदित्सोमोऽवति हन्त्यासत् ॥१२॥</blockquote><blockquote>''"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."'' </blockquote>The conception of rta in the Rigveda is a sublime one and is the germ of the later doctrine of the rule of dharma. The Dharmasutras of Gautama, Baudhayana, Apastamba, and Vasishta deal in greater or less detail principally the following subjects:     

Manifold are the topics that have been included under the Dharmasastra from very ancient times.  From very ancient times '''''Truth''''' is exalted above everything else. Rig veda (7.104.12) says    <blockquote>सुविज्ञानं चिकितुषे जनाय सच्चासच्च वचसी पस्पृधाते । तयोर्यत्सत्यं यतरदृजीयस्तदित्सोमोऽवति हन्त्यासत् ॥१२॥</blockquote><blockquote>''"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."'' </blockquote>The conception of rta in the Rigveda is a sublime one and is the germ of the later doctrine of the rule of dharma. The Dharmasutras of Gautama, Baudhayana, Apastamba, and Vasishta deal in greater or less detail principally the following subjects:     

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* [Varna dharma (four classes)]

* '''Varna Dharmas''' (four classes)

* Ashramas (Brahmachari, Grihastha, Vanaprastha, Sanyasi)Dharmas

* '''Ashrama Dharmas''' (Brahmachari, Grihastha, Vanaprastha, Sanyasi)

* Samskaras (performed on an individual)

* '''Samskaras''' (performed on an individual)

* Asaucha and Suddhi (Purification of persons, vessals, clothes)

* '''Asaucha and Suddhi''' (Purification of persons, vessals, clothes)

* Panchamahayajnas (yajnas to expiate the 5 debts of man)

* '''Panchamahayajnas''' (yajnas to expiate the 5 debts of man)

* Dana (Charity)

* '''Dana''' (Charity)

* Antyesthi (performed on the deceased)

* '''Antyesthi''' (performed on the deceased)

* Shraddha (performed for deceased ancestors and relatives)

* '''Shraddha''' (performed for deceased ancestors and relatives)

* Stridharma (special duties of women)

* '''Stridharma''' (special duties of women)

* Stri-Purusha dharma(duties of husband and wife)

* '''Stri-Purusha Dharmas''' (duties of husband and wife)

* Vyavahara (judicial procedures and laws)

* '''Vyavahara''' (judicial procedures and laws)

* Apattdharma (actions permitted in extreme difficulties)

* '''Apattdharmas''' (actions permitted in extreme difficulties)

* Prayaschitta(sins and how to expiate them)

* '''Prayaschitta''' (sins and how to expiate them)

* Karmavipaka (results of evil deeds in past lives)

* '''Karmavipaka''' (results of evil deeds in past lives)

* Shanti prakriya(rites for propitiating planets)}}From the above list it can be understood that the concept of Dharma is a far reaching one, embracing the whole life of man. The propounders of Dharmasastra meant by Dharma not a creed or religion but a mode of life or a code of conduct, which regulated a man's work and activities as a member of society and as an individual. Dharma was intended to bring about the gradual development of a man and enable him to reach what was deemed to be the goal of human existence. From this standpoint various divisions of dharma were suggested. Classification of dharma was primarily based on Shrutis (Vedic texts and rites) and Smritis (Classes and Stages of life), thus exist

* '''Shanti prakriya''' (rites for propitiating planets)}} From the above list it can be understood that the concept of Dharma is a far reaching one, embracing the whole life of man. The propounders of Dharmasastra meant by Dharma not a creed or religion but a mode of life or a code of conduct, which regulated a man's work and activities as a member of society and as an individual. Dharma was intended to bring about the gradual development of a man and enable him to reach what was deemed to be the goal of human existence. From this standpoint various divisions of dharma were suggested. Classification of dharma was primarily based on Shrutis (Vedic texts and rites) and Smritis (Classes and Stages of life), thus exist

# Srauta Dharmas

# Srauta Dharmas

# Smarta Dharmas

# Smarta Dharmas