आपद्धर्मः

Āpaddharma (Ethics in Crisis)

Dharma in times of distress — when normal rules are relaxed, and the moral reasoning behind exceptions.

15 paragraphs across 6 volumes

Volume I: Part I 5 paragraphs

...hed' or 'wife' ('gṛhiṇī gṛhamucyate' in Śānti-parva 144-6 Ch eḍ). The gṛhya fire was set up by a ...
Read in context → Śāntiparva 144-6
...fare of the people depends on the king (Śāntiparva 141. 9). Though the general tendency was to sa...
Read in context → Śāntiparva 141.9
...the present Manu but occurs in the MBH, Śāntiparva 140.38, which states that a man should first e...
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... put in the mouth of the female bird in Śāntiparva 148. 6-7. Read in context → Śāntiparva 148.6-7
...urs in the Mahābhārata (Ādi. 82, 16 and Śāntiparva 165. 30). Verse 129 (Ādityacandrāvanilo which i...
Read in context → Śāntiparva 165.30

Volume II: Part I 6 paragraphs

...eneficial knowledge) even from a śūdra. Śāntiparva 165. 31 does the same.
Read in context → Śāntiparva 165.31
... of the husband's house'. Gaut. 23. 14, Śānti-parva 165. 64 and Manu VIII. 371 are more harsh on a ...
Read in context → Śāntiparva 165.64
... of all her rights as wife (Yāj. I. 70, Śāntiparva 165. 63) ; (5) a wife, who commits adultery wit...
Read in context → Śāntiparva 165.63
...-141 and 193-198, Ādiparva 74. 140-152, Śāntiparva 144. 6 and 12-17, Anuśāsana 46, Mārkaṇḍeyapurā...
Read in context → Śāntiparva 144.6
...woman whose husband is dead'; while the Śāntiparva (148. 2) remark: 'all widows are in sorrow even ...
Read in context → Śāntiparva 148.2
...who gave livelihood or shelter’. In the Śāntiparva (135. 14 ) even thieves are instructed not to kill...
Read in context → Śāntiparva 135.14

Volume II: Part II 1 paragraphs

...food if he arrives at the time of mealṣ Śāntiparva 146. 5 says that even an enemy when he comes t...
Read in context → Śāntiparva 146.5

Volume III 1 paragraphs

...rse 11 is the same as Ādiparva 74. 103, Śāntiparva 162. 26 and Anusasana 75. 29; verse 25 is almos...
Read in context → Śāntiparva 162.26

Volume IV 1 paragraphs

...aut. 21.3, Vaṣ I. 21-22, Manu XI. 180 (=Śāntiparva 165. 37), Yāj. III. 261, Viṣṇu Dh. S 35.3, Agni...
Read in context → Śāntiparva 165.37

Volume V: Part II 1 paragraphs

...ced by the doer alone, what with that' (Śāntiparva 153. 38 and 41=cr. eḍ 149. 34 and 37).
Read in context → Śāntiparva 153.38