स्वधर्म

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   Own, proper, or peculiar duty, office, or business; as giving alms is the स्वधर्म of a householder; administering justice, the स्वधर्म of a king; praying &c. that of a Bráhman; fighting, that of a Kshatriya; the proper business, work, function, or action of an intelligent creature in general. 2 The proper, native, or inherent quality; the property, peculiarity, or own nature or constitution: also any natural quality or property.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

  m  Own, proper or peculiar duty; &c.; the inherent quality.

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

स्व—धर्म  m.  a m. o°'s own rights ( °मं-√ लभ्, ‘to get justice’), [MBh.]

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    o°'s own duty, [MaitrUp.]; [Mn.]; [Yājñ.] &c.
   peculiar property, peculiarity, [W.]
स्व-धर्म    b &c. See p. 1275, col. 3.

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