Editing Dharma (section)

===Dharma and law===
{{main|Hindu law}}
The notion of ''dharma'' as duty or propriety is found in India's ancient legal and religious texts. Common examples of such use are pitri dharma (meaning a person's duty as a father), putra dharma (a person's duty as a son), raj dharma (a person's duty as a king) and so forth.{{sfn|Kumar|Choudhury|2021}} In Hindu philosophy, justice, social harmony, and happiness requires that people live per ''dharma''. The [[Dharmashastra]] is a record of these guidelines and rules.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Gächter |first=Othmar |title=Anthropos |journal=Anthropos Institute |year=1998}}</ref> The available evidence suggest India once had a large collection of ''dharma'' related literature (sutras, shastras); four of the sutras survive and these are now referred to as Dharmasutras.{{sfn|Olivelle|1999|p={{pn|date=June 2024}}}} Along with laws of Manu in Dharmasutras, exist parallel and different compendium of laws, such as the laws of Narada and other ancient scholars.<ref>Davis, Donald Jr. (September 2006) "A Realist View of Hindu Law", ''Ratio Juris''. Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 287–313.</ref><ref>Lariviere, Richard W. (2003), The Naradasmrti, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass</ref> These different and conflicting law books are neither exclusive, nor do they supersede other sources of ''dharma'' in Hinduism. These Dharmasutras include instructions on education of the young, their rites of passage, customs, religious rites and rituals, marital rights and obligations, death and ancestral rites, laws and administration of justice, crimes, punishments, rules and types of evidence, duties of a king, as well as morality.{{sfn|Olivelle|1999|p={{pn|date=June 2024}}}}