Smriti & Dharmashastra

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Dharma & Culture

Murtipuja: An Important Part of Sanatana Dharma

It is one hundred percent false propaganda that there was no murtipuja (deity worship) in Sanatana Dharma (eternal cosmic order). India's oldest murtis (sacred images) do not belong to the Jains or the Buddhists. This propaganda was first started by the British—claiming that Greek kings introduced murtipuja in India—and was later carried forward by the pseudo-Christians of the Brahmo Samaj and Arya Samajists like

23 October 2026 · 6 min read

Dharma & Culture

Does Manusmriti oppose women ??

Nowadays, many leftists and feminists accuse the Hindu shastra (scripture) Manusmriti of being anti-woman and patriarchal in order to oppose Hindu dharma (righteousness, duties and cosmic order), whereas the truth is quite different. It is astonishing when these very same people portray the Quran as a champion of women. In Manusmriti, there are numerous such statements about women

23 October 2026 · 3 min read

Sanskrit & Shastra

Which are the eight kinds of brahmin?

Although descriptions of Brahmanas are found in numerous texts, the finest ones are in the Vedas and smritis (sacred texts outside the Vedas). The right to be a Brahmana belongs to everyone, regardless of caste, region, or sect. However, becoming a Brahmana requires the observance of certain rules. Through the observance of these very rules, eight Brah

23 October 2026 · 3 min read

Sanskrit & Shastra

Who is a Brahmin According to Hindu Texts?

Generally, we consider someone a Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya, or Shudra solely on the basis of jati (birth-caste), but according to Hindu dharmagranthas (sacred texts), a person's karma (actions) is of greater importance than their birth. It is only on the basis of karma that one can truly be called a Brahmin or anything else. Here, we shall see that Hindu sha...

18 October 2026 · 4 min read