धर्म dharm

धर्म dharm [S.], m. 1. what is to be held or kept: the complex of religious and social obligations which a devout Hindu is required to fulfil, right action, duty; morality; virtue, virtuous life; justice. 2. customary observances of community or sect, &c. 3. the prescriptions or sanctions of religion; moral law. 4. religion. 5. particular nature or character; walk of life; way of life (e.g. of a woman as opposed to a man, of a man as opposed to a youth); caste. 6. spiritual merit, as deriving from the fulfilment of dharma.