WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A person’s duty to follow customs and law and stay in one’s caste.
A
Varna
B
Sudra
C
Dharma
D
Karma
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Dharma as the Sustainer. One sense of supposing dharma to be moral duty is its putative role as the sustainer or preserver of the world. This sense of dharma is more often made out from its etymological root. As is well known, the word is derived from the Sanskrit root dhr which means that which holds or sustains.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dharma is an individual’s life duty. Moksha is the liberation from the cycle of life, death, and rebirth.

Detailed explanation-3: -In Hinduism, dharma is the religious and moral law governing individual conduct and is one of the four ends of life.

Detailed explanation-4: -According to Hindu jurisprudence, Dharma means duty in various contexts. This could mean either religious duties or even social, legal and spiritual duties. Some people also use the word to mean righteousness, which gives it a moralistic interpretation.

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