Political Science · Indian Political Thought
Read the assertion and reason and select the correct option from the codes given below:
Assertion (A): Dharmashastra is a genre of Sanskrit texts referring to the treatises of Hinduism on Dharma.
Reason (R): It integrates the nature of the world, eternal or cosmic law and social law, applied to rituals, life-cycle rites, dispute resolution and penalties.
A(A) is true, but (R) is false
BBoth (A) and (R) are false
C(A) is false, but (R) is true
DBoth (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) — Both statements are true and the reason correctly explains the assertion.
Explanation
★Both statements are true and the reason correctly explains the assertion.
★Dharmashastra is the body of Sanskrit treatises on dharma, such as the Manusmriti.
★Dharma here means right order covering law, duty, morality and ritual together.
★The texts join cosmic law with social law, fixing how people ought to live.
★They lay down rules for rituals, life-cycle rites, disputes and penalties.
★So the reason simply unfolds the rich meaning of dharma named in the assertion.
★This is why Dharmashastra was a key source of classical Hindu social and legal thought.
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