Falsafa

Comma for either/or — dharma, courage. Spelling forgiving — corage finds courage.

    The Atlas·Objects

    The Balance

    “Ordeal”

    object · 3 works · 3 mentions · 4 anchored passages

    balance · Balance · Dhata · dhaṭa · the beam · tulā

    spoken of as

    1 expression

    Balance“dhaṭa”2 mentions

    Nāradasmṛti (Sanskrit) · Viṣṇu Smṛti (Sanskrit)

    You are called 'Balance' (`dhaṭa` (घट)) by words that are synonyms for Dharma.
    chapter 1

    in the texts

    NāradasmṛtiAncient · Sanskrit

    A ritual scale, precisely constructed, used to weigh the accused twice to determine guilt; also addressed as a personified witness to truth

    You are called 'Balance' (`dhaṭa` (घट)) by words that are synonyms for Dharma.
    chapter 1
    The two posts of the balance are proclaimed to be four cubits in height.
    chapter 1
    When this is done, if that balance, placed at the mark, is steady, (Nar.
    chapter 1

    Viṣṇu SmṛtiAncient · Sanskrit

    The physical balance/scale used in the balance ordeal, addressed as a quasi-divine instrument of judgment

    You alone, O Balance, know what mortals do not know.
    chapter 10
    Therefore, you must righteously save this man from this doubt.
    chapter 10

    Yājñavalkya SmṛtiAncient · Sanskrit

    A ritual weighing device used as a legal ordeal to determine guilt or innocence, addressed directly in an invocation.

    The ordeal of the balance is for women, children, the aged, the blind, the lame, Brāhmaṇas, and the sick;
    chapter 2
    The balance, fire, water, poison, and sacred libation are the ordeals here for purification;
    chapter 2
    "O Balance, you are the abode of truth, created of old by the gods.
    chapter 2