# स्वधर्म (svadharma)

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स्वधर्म (svadharma) is a Sanskrit word meaning one's own rights, one's own duty, peculiar property or peculiarity, one's own right or duty, one’s own religion, one's own prescribed duty or natural law. 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)
- **SLP1:** `svaDarma`  **IAST:** svadharma  **Devanagari:** स्वधर्म
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svadharma
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/svadharma/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### One's specific duty, conduct, or path (6 definitions)
- one's own duty  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > o° 's own duty, MaitrUp.; Mn.; Yājñ. &c. [ ID=257952 ]
- See page 1275, column 3.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 1280,1] स्व - धर्म (sva-dharma) b &c. See p. 1275, col. 3. [ ID=258889 ]
- 1. Own right or duty. 2. One’s own religion.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 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 ]
- one's own right or duty  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > स्वधर्म (svadharma) [Printed book page 650 ] स्वधर्म (svadharma) m. one's own right or duty. [ ID=38876 ]
- own duty  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > स्वधर्म (svadharma) [Printed book page 282-b ] sva-dharma, m. own duty. [ ID=4806 ]
- one's own prescribed duty or natural law  
  *The Purana Index*
  > 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 ]

### One's own rights (1 definition)
- one's own rights  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (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 ]

### Peculiar property or characteristic (1 definition)
- Peculiar property or peculiarity.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > peculiar property, peculiarity, W. [ ID=257953 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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