morality meaning in Sanskrit
धर्म dhárma
/məˈɹælɪti/
morality in Sanskrit: धर्म (dhárma), शील (śī́la). In English, morality means recognition of the distinction between good and evil or between right and wrong; respect for and obedience to the rules of right conduct; the mental disposition or characteristic of behaving in a manner intended to produce morally good results.
Sanskrit words for morality
- morality, virtue, righteousness, moral code, good deed
- धर्म dhárma
- morality, virtue, ethics
- शील śī́la
English meaning of morality
- noun Recognition of the distinction between good and evil or between right and wrong; respect for and obedience to the rules of right conduct; the mental disposition or characteristic of behaving in a manner intended to produce morally good results.
- noun A set of social rules, customs, traditions, beliefs, or practices which specify proper, acceptable forms of conduct.
- noun A set of personal guiding principles for conduct or a general notion of how to behave, whether respectable or not.
- noun A lesson or pronouncement which contains advice about proper behavior.
Synonyms of morality
morality in other languages
- morality in Hindi
- morality in Tamil
- morality in Marathi
- morality in Urdu
- morality in Bengali
- morality in Telugu
- morality in Malayalam
- morality in Kannada
- morality in Punjabi
- morality in Gujarati
- morality in Odia
- morality in Nepali
- morality in Pashto
- morality in Tagalog
- morality in Arabic
- morality in Malay
- morality in Indonesian
- morality in Persian
- morality in Thai
- morality in Vietnamese
Questions about morality in Sanskrit
- What is the meaning of morality in Sanskrit?
- Morality in Sanskrit is धर्म (dhárma), शील (śī́la).
- morality इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
- Morality: धर्म (dhárma), शील (śī́la).
- What does morality mean in English?
- Morality means recognition of the distinction between good and evil or between right and wrong; respect for and obedience to the rules of right conduct; the mental disposition or characteristic of behaving in a manner intended to produce morally good results.
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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “morality”: धर्म, शील. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: morality (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sanskrit words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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