The Principles of Hindu Ethics (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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A clear, systematic survey of Hindu ethical ideas across the classics. This concise guide helps readers see how virtues, duties, and social life shape moral thinking.

This edition traces ideas from the Vedic period through epic and classical literature, highlighting how conceptions of truth, purity, duty, and character emerge and evolve. It presents ethics as a lived tradition, linking personal virtue to family, community, and state.

• Explore major themes such as dharma, truth, purity, charity, and nonviolence as they develop in Hindu thought.


• See how family life, social duties, and governance inform ethical ideas.


• Understand how concepts like life, immortality, and spiritual growth are linked to moral conduct.


• Learn how different eras and texts shape the understanding of virtue and character.

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