Browse by Subject
Cross-cutting themes across all volumes — powered by verse-range analysis. Unlike Topics (Kane's own chapter organization), subjects trace a theme wherever it appears in the text.
धर्मः
Dharma: Meaning and Sources
The concept of dharma, its definitions, sources, and the authority of Vedic and smṛti texts.
217 paragraphs · 8 volumes
वर्णव्यवस्था
Varṇa and Social Order
The four varṇas, mixed castes, duties by birth and conduct, untouchability.
130 paragraphs · 7 volumes
संस्काराः
Saṁskāras (Life-Cycle Rites)
Sacraments from conception to death: upanayana, studentship, initiation.
189 paragraphs · 8 volumes
विवाहः
Vivāha (Marriage and Family)
Forms of marriage, conjugal duties, strīdhana, polygamy, widow remarriage, satī.
199 paragraphs · 8 volumes
आह्निकम्
Āhnika and Ācāra (Daily Conduct)
Daily rituals, food rules, purification, pañca mahāyajñas, modes of righteous life.
1605 paragraphs · 8 volumes
आश्रमः
Āśrama (Stages of Life)
The four stages: brahmacarya, gṛhastha, vānaprastha, sannyāsa.
84 paragraphs · 8 volumes
राजधर्मः
Rājadharma (Kingship and Governance)
Duties of rulers, statecraft, the seven aṅgas, daṇḍanīti, war and peace.
961 paragraphs · 8 volumes
व्यवहारः
Vyavahāra (Law and Justice)
Courts, evidence, contracts, property, debt, theft, assault, boundary disputes.
1568 paragraphs · 8 volumes
दायभागः
Dāyabhāga (Inheritance and Property)
Partition, succession, adoption, strīdhana, and rights of women in property.
224 paragraphs · 8 volumes
प्रायश्चित्तम्
Pātaka and Prāyaścitta (Sin and Penance)
Classification of sins, expiatory rites, the doctrine of karma and its consequences.
679 paragraphs · 8 volumes
दानम्
Dāna (Gifts and Charity)
Theory and practice of gifts, merit from giving, pratiṣṭhā, utsarga.
110 paragraphs · 8 volumes
श्राद्धम्
Śrāddha and Death Rites
Funeral rites, purification from death, ancestral offerings, eschatology.
1010 paragraphs · 8 volumes
तीर्थम्
Tīrtha (Sacred Geography)
Pilgrimages, sacred rivers, Kāśī, Gayā, Kurukṣetra — the geography of merit.
349 paragraphs · 8 volumes
यज्ञः
Yajña (Sacrifice and Ritual)
Vedic (śrauta) and domestic (gṛhya) sacrifices, agniṣṭoma, soma, paśubandha.
1160 paragraphs · 8 volumes
कर्मसिद्धान्तः
Karma, Cosmology, and Rebirth
Transmigration, cosmic cycles, the doctrine of karma, punarjanma, and mokṣa.
494 paragraphs · 8 volumes
व्रतानि
Vratas (Religious Vows)
Religious vows, Ekādaśī, fasting practices, and their spiritual significance.
175 paragraphs · 1 volumes
उत्सवाः
Utsavas (Festivals and Celebrations)
Navarātra, Dīvālī, Holikā, Makara Saṅkrānti, and the festival calendar.
107 paragraphs · 1 volumes
कालगणना
Kāla (Time and Calendar)
Units of time, muhūrta, calendar eras, yugas, manvantaras, and cosmic cycles.
273 paragraphs · 1 volumes
आपद्धर्मः
Āpaddharma (Ethics in Crisis)
Dharma in times of distress — when normal rules are relaxed, and the moral reasoning behind exceptions.
15 paragraphs · 6 volumes
मोक्षधर्मः
Mokṣadharma (Liberation and Philosophy)
The path to liberation — sannyāsa, jñāna, yoga, and philosophical teachings on mokṣa.
319 paragraphs · 8 volumes
पुरुषार्थाः
Puruṣārthas (Goals of Life)
The four goals — dharma, artha, kāma, mokṣa — their hierarchy and interrelation.
73 paragraphs · 4 volumes