कुलधर्म

{ kuladharma }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

KULADHARMA   The moral and ethical codes of conduct, especially with reference to family life. Arjuna told the following about Kuladharmas to Kṛṣṇa at Kurukṣetra. In the decline of a family, its time-honoured usages perish; with the perishing of such rites impiety overtakes the entire family. With the growth of impiety even the noble women become unchaste, and if women become corrupt, mixture of castes ensues. Hell is verily the lot of the family and family-destroyers through caste admixture; for, their ancestors fall deprived of balls of rice and libations. The ever-lasting caste virtues and the family merits get ruined because of the chaos in the caste system. We have heard that hell is verily the long-lasting abode of the men whose family religious practices have been broken. [Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 25] ; the Gītā.

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : कुल-धर्म

A dictionary, Marathi and English

A religion or a religious practice descended through a race.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

 m  A religious practice descended through a race.

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

कुल—धर्म  m.  m. practice or observance peculiar to a tribe or family, peculiar duty of caste or race, [ĀśvGṛ.]; [Āp.]; [Mn. &c.]

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कुल धर्म

peculiar practice or duty of the कौलs.