राजधर्मrājadharma

राजधर्म (rājadharma) is a Sanskrit word meaning a king's duty, rules or laws relating to kings, title of a work, the laws relating to kings, a king’s duty, the duties of a king. Its 6 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them King's duty, royal law, or ordinance, Rājadharma as Kṣatradharma / Specific warrior-king duty.

Definitions: 6

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Meanings by context

King's duty, royal law, or ordinance

5 definitions

a king's duty

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

rules or laws relating to kings

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Title of a work

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a king’s duty

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A king's duty. 2. The laws relating to kings.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Rājadharma as Kṣatradharma / Specific warrior-king duty

1 definition

the duties of a king

— The Purana Index

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Definitions on this page come from 4 works: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.