What Does Dharmashastra Mean?

Dharmaśāstra is a genre of Sanskrit theological texts, and refers to the treatises of early Hinduism on dharma. There are many Dharmashastras, variously estimated to be 18 to about 100, with different and conflicting points of view.

What is the meaning of Dharmashastra?

: a Brahmanical collection of rules of life often in the form of a metrical law book.

Who is written by Dharmashastra?

The History of Dharmashastra with subtitle Ancient and Medieval Religious and Civil Law in India, is a monumental five-volume work consisting of around 6,500 pages. It was written by Bharat Ratna Pandurang Vaman Kane, an Indologist. The first volume of the work was published in 1930 and the last one in 1962.