# राजधर्म (rājadharma)

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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.

- **SLP1:** `rAjaDarma`  **IAST:** rājadharma  **Devanagari:** राजधर्म
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajadharma
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/rajadharma/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** राजधर्मा (rājadharmā), राजधर्म्म (rājadharmma)

## Meanings by context

### King's duty, royal law, or ordinance (5 definitions)
- a king's duty  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 873,1] राज (rāja) — धर्म (—dharma) m. a k° 's duty [ ID=176375 ]
- rules or laws relating to kings  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > pl. rules or laws relating to kings, Mn.; MBh. &c. [ ID=176376 ]
- Title of a work  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > = ° मा (°mā) नुशासन (nuśāsana), Cat. [ ID=176377 ]
- a king’s duty  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > राजधर्म (rājadharma) [Printed book page 609-04 ] राजन् - धर्म (rājan-dharma) m. a king’s duty, law relating to kings. [ ID=31977 ]
- 1. A king's duty. 2. The laws relating to kings.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > राजधर्म (rājadharma) [Printed book page 446 ] राजधर्म (rājadharma) m. a king's duty; Pl. the laws relating to kings. [ ID=26781 ]

### Rājadharma as Kṣatradharma / Specific warrior-king duty (1 definition)
- the duties of a king  
  *The Purana Index*
  > राजधर्म (rājadharma) [Printed book page 3-064 ] Rājadharma — also Kṣatradharma; no sin to kill one in war. M. 103. 22. [ ID=11555 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); The Purana Index; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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