one's own duty
o°'s own duty, MaitrUp.; Mn.; Yājñ. &c. [ID=257952]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
स्वधर्मsvadharma
स्वधर्म (svadharma) is a Sanskrit word meaning one's own rights, one's own duty, peculiar property or peculiarity, see page 1275, column, one's own right or duty, one’s own religion. Its 8 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them One's specific duty, conduct, or path, One's own rights, Peculiar property or characteristic.
- Root
- लभ् (labh)
- Definitions
- 8
Meanings by context
One's specific duty, conduct, or path
6 definitions
See page 1275, column 3.
(H1) [Printed book page 1280,1]
स्व-धर्म (sva-dharma) b &c. See p. 1275, col. 3. [ID=258889]
स्व-धर्म (sva-dharma) b &c. See p. 1275, col. 3. [ID=258889]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
1. Own right or duty. 2. One’s own religion.
स्वधर्म (svadharma) [Printed book page 819-14]
स्व-धर्म (sva-dharma) m.n. 1. own right, own duty; (See M. i.88-91); 2. one’s own religion. [ID=42620]
स्व-धर्म (sva-dharma) m.n. 1. own right, own duty; (See M. i.88-91); 2. one’s own religion. [ID=42620]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
one's own right or duty
स्वधर्म (svadharma) [Printed book page 650]
स्वधर्म (svadharma) m. one's own right or duty. [ID=38876]
स्वधर्म (svadharma) m. one's own right or duty. [ID=38876]
— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary
own duty
स्वधर्म (svadharma) [Printed book page 282-b]
sva-dharma, m. own duty. [ID=4806]
sva-dharma, m. own duty. [ID=4806]
— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary
one's own prescribed duty or natural law
स्वधर्म (svadharma) [Printed book page 3-724]
Svadharma — practised in Śakadvīpa;1 Paraśurāma ac- cused by Śiva as lacking in the practice of;2 to be insisted upon the subjects by the Kings;3 of castes; departure from, leads to hell;4 Daityas routed for having departed from their dharma.5
[Footnote: 1) Br. II. 19. 106; Vā. 49. 103.]
[Footnote: 2) Br. III. 23. 71; 50. 2.]
[Footnote: 3) M. 215. 63; 225. 5.]
[Footnote: 4) Vi. I. 6. 9, 41-2.]
[Footnote: 5) Ib. III. 18. 12, 48.]
[ID=17005]
Svadharma — practised in Śakadvīpa;1 Paraśurāma ac- cused by Śiva as lacking in the practice of;2 to be insisted upon the subjects by the Kings;3 of castes; departure from, leads to hell;4 Daityas routed for having departed from their dharma.5
[Footnote: 1) Br. II. 19. 106; Vā. 49. 103.]
[Footnote: 2) Br. III. 23. 71; 50. 2.]
[Footnote: 3) M. 215. 63; 225. 5.]
[Footnote: 4) Vi. I. 6. 9, 41-2.]
[Footnote: 5) Ib. III. 18. 12, 48.]
[ID=17005]
— The Purana Index
One's own rights
1 definition
one's own rights
(H3) [Printed book page 1275,3]
स्व (sva)—धर्म (—dharma) a m. o°'s own rights (°मं-√लभ् (°maṃ-√labh), ‘to get justice’), MBh. [ID=257951]
स्व (sva)—धर्म (—dharma) a m. o°'s own rights (°मं-√लभ् (°maṃ-√labh), ‘to get justice’), MBh. [ID=257951]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Peculiar property or characteristic
1 definition
Peculiar property or peculiarity.
peculiar property, peculiarity, W. [ID=257953]
— 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), The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.