Apastamba Dharmasutra Mein Varna Vyavastha Ki Avadharana: Ek Vishleshanatmak Adhyayan

Abstract

Apastamba Dharmasutra prachin Bharatiya dharmashastriya parampara ka ek mahatvapurna granth hai, jismein dharma, achar, samajik vyavastha tatha vibhinn kartavyaon ka vistrit varnan prapt hota hai. Prastut shodh ka uddeshya Apastamba Dharmasutra mein varna vyavastha ki avadharana ka adhyayan aur vishleshan karna hai. Is granth mein Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaishya tatha Shudra in chaaron varnon ke kartavyaon, acharon aur samajik dayitvon ka ullekh milta hai. Varna vyavastha ko samaj ki suvyavasthit sanrachana ke roop mein prastut kiya gaya hai, jiska uddeshya samajik santulan aur vyavastha banaye rakhna hai. Is adhyayan mein Apastamba Dharmasutra ke mool sutron ke aadhar par yah samajhne ka prayas kiya gaya hai ki varna vyavastha keval samajik vibhajan nahin, balki kartavya, achar aur naitik zimmedariyon se bhi sambandhit hai. Atah yah granth prachin Bharatiya samaj ki samajik tatha dharmik sanrachana ko samajhne ka ek mahatvapurna srot mana ja sakta hai.