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Thus we see that all dharmas have their roots going down to the Vedas. They are also the revered sources of [[Vidya (विद्या)|Vidya]] and thus the ancient education system greatly stressed on imparting them to children at a young age in the [[Gurukula (गुरुकुलम्)|Gurukula]].

Thus we see that all dharmas have their roots going down to the Vedas. They are also the revered sources of [[Vidya (विद्या)|Vidya]] and thus the ancient education system greatly stressed on imparting them to children at a young age in the [[Gurukula (गुरुकुलम्)|Gurukula]].

==वेदः ॥ Vedas==

==वेदः ॥ Vedas==

That the Vedas are the root material for Dharma, Karma  (Yajnas) and Upasana has well been advocated by many seers of olden and modern days. The Vedas do not contain positive precepts (vidhis) on matters of dharma in an interconnected manner, rather they give incidental references to various topics pertaining to moral and social order. Vedas have in different passages shed light on marriage, the forms of varnas, ashrama dharmas, marriage and different kinds of marriage, different kinds of sons, adoption, partition, inheritance, dana, shraddha, prayashcitta and stridharma. Such vedic references constitute the basis of the rules of the dharmasutras and subsequently dharmashastras. While shrutis have been looked up as a source of dharma, they are not formal treatises on dharma owing to disconnected statements and few pointed discussion. It is the smrtis that contain a formal, systematic and connected treatment of the topics of the dharmashastras.<ref name=":3" />

That the Vedas are the root material for Dharma, Karma  (Yajnas) and Upasana has well been advocated by many seers of olden and modern days. The Vedas do not contain positive precepts (vidhis) on matters of dharma in an interconnected manner, rather they give incidental references to various topics pertaining to moral and social order. Vedas have in different passages shed light on marriage and different kinds of marriage, varna-ashrama dharmas, different kinds of sons, adoption, partition, inheritance, dana, shraddha, prayashcitta and stridharma. Such vedic references constitute the basis of the rules of the dharmasutras and subsequently dharmashastras. While shrutis have been looked up as a source of dharma, they are not formal treatises on dharma owing to disconnected statements and few pointed explanatory anecdotes. It is the smrtis that contain a formal, systematic and connected treatment of the topics of the dharmashastras.<ref name=":3" />

====ऋग्वेदः ॥ Rigveda====

====ऋग्वेदः ॥ Rigveda====

*It is also used as notation for fixed principles or rules of conduct

*It is also used as notation for fixed principles or rules of conduct

Aitareya Brahmana mentions a whole body of religious duties associated with Dharma.

Aitareya Brahmana mentions a whole body of religious duties associated with Dharma.

==स्मृतिः॥ Smrtis==

==स्मृतिः॥ Smrtis==

Smrtis are the Dharmashastra granthas, given by seers as the 'remembered texts'. They are also texts which among many things mostly discuss the dharmas to be followed by people. Dharmasutras  laid the foundation for the later day nibandha compilations, namely, Dharmashastras.

Smrtis are the Dharmashastra granthas, given by seers as the 'remembered texts'. They are also texts which among many things mostly discuss the dharmas to be followed by people. Dharmasutras  laid the foundation for the later day nibandha compilations, namely, Dharmashastras.