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Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. परधर्मparadharmam. an another's duty or business, the duties of an another caste Mn. BhP.
    1. masculine gender an another's duty or business, the duties of an another caste Mn. BhP.
    2. masculine gender an another's peculiarity (616137 -त्व neuter gender) Kap.

    In the Gita3·3518·47

    श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात् ।

    śreyānsvadharmo viguṇaḥ paradharmātsvanuṣṭhitāt, — Better is one’s own law of works, svadharma, though in itself faulty, than an alien law well wrought out; death in one’s own law of being is better… 3·35
    • पर-धर्मःpara-dharmaḥnominative singular of the masculine compound noun para-dharma (an alien law).
    • पर-धर्मात्‌para-dharmātablative singular of the masculine compound noun para-dharma (an alien law).
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  2. परधर्मत्वparadharmatvan. 116137

    neuter gender 116137

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