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1. Chambers concise 20th Century Dictionary, Indian reprint 1991, p. 262 (Dharma as righteousness that underlies the law). 2. Mr. M. Hiriyanna. (Outlines of Indian Philosophy, London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd. 1958, p. 24) holds that philosophy in India is neither mere intellectualism nor mere moralism. Its goal transcends both. To him, logic and ethics are, however, the sole means of approach for the realization of the goal. But this view of the learned scholar is not convincing. For, neither morality nor logic can be viewed as means to some transcendent goal. Both the disciplines are free and autonomous. In classical Indian philosophy, dharma too is viewed in terms of its independence. It is never a handmaid of theological obscurantism. Theistic doctrines are advanced for the set of people who all at once cannot comprehend the implication of moral discipline. So, in certain cases, spiritual notions are introduced as a mean for moral comprehension which virtually is held as the goal. But it should be noted that morality and spirituality are not necessarily related. So also the case goes with the independent character of logic and reasoning. Revealed text, however, respectable that may be from spiritual angle, must have to be assessed by the cannons of independent reasoning. Thousand scriptures cannot change a pot into a piece of cloth.
3. Vide his Śrīmad-bhagavadgītā (with Oriya translation, independent commentary (bhāṣya) and introduction (pīthikā), fourth edition, Cuttack Sathi Prakashana, 1999.
4. Vide Ekamra Purāṇa where Śiva is identified with Surya and there is the prescription of one pair of composite Lord. A temple representing this Cult is located at Bhubaneswar (Bhaskareswar mandir) 4. Apastamba-dharma-sūtra (Mysore Oriental Library end.),
IXXIV. 23.
6. Ibid., I. xx. 3-4.
| SR No. | 525060 |
| Book Title | Sramana 2007 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Shreeprakash Pandey, Vijay Kumar |
| Publisher | Parshvanath Vidhyashram Varanasi |
| Publication Year | 2007 |
| Total Pages | 174 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Classification | Magazine, India_Sramana, & India |
| File Size | 7 MB |