Dharma

Dharma South and Central Asia
An ancient Hindu sage, a rishi, who married thirteen of Daksha's daughters. According to the Mahabharata, Daksha sprang from the right thumb of Brahma, and his wife from that god's left thumb. Their numerous progeny, transparently personifications of virtues and religious rites, were married to Dharma, moral durty, to Kasyapa, another ancient sage and the grandfather of Manu, the progenitor of mankind, and to Soma, the king of the brahmins, the guardians of sacrifices. Dharma in Hindu religion is the doctrine of the duties and rights of each caste in the ideal society, and as such the mirror of all moral action.