धर्मशास्त्रdharmaśāstra

धर्मशास्त्र (dharmaśāstra) is a Sanskrit word meaning a code of laws or a law-book, the code of Hindu law, any work on the subject, an authoritative lawbook or legal treatise. Its 5 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them Law-book / Code of Laws, Sacred/Authoritative Treatise on Dharma.

Etymology
E. धर्म virtue, and शास्त्र a treatise. शिष्यते अनेन शास करणे ष्ट्रन् । ६ त० स० ।
Definitions
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Meanings by context

Law-book / Code of Laws

4 definitions
a code of laws

Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The code of Hindu law. 2. Any work on the subject.

Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a law-book

Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

An authoritative lawbook or legal treatise.

Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

Sacred/Authoritative Treatise on Dharma

1 definition
a code of laws or a law-book

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 5 works: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.