[dhriyate loko'nena, dharati lokaṃ vā dhṛ-man; cf. Uṇ. 1. 137] 1 Religion the customary observances of a caste sect, &c.

2 Law, usage, practice custom, ordinance, statute.

3 Reli- gious or moral merit, virtue, right- eousness, good works (regarded as one of the four ends of human ex- istence); Ku. 5. 38 and see trivarga also; eka eva suhṛddharmo nidhane'pyanuyāti yaḥ H. 1. 65.

4 Duty, prescribed course of...