Terms of Use
Last updated: January 2025
Welcome to Sanatana Dharma. By accessing or using this website, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. Please read them carefully. If you do not agree, please discontinue use of the website.
1. Educational Purpose
This website is an educational platform dedicated to the study and exploration of Sanatana Dharma — Hindu philosophy, scriptures, culture, and traditions. All content is provided for informational and educational purposes only.
2. Not Professional Religious Advice
Important disclaimer: The content on this website — including articles, Q&A answers, scripture interpretations, and guides — does not constitute professional religious, spiritual, medical, legal, or financial advice. It should not be used as a substitute for guidance from qualified religious teachers, acharyas, scholars, or other professionals.
Sanatana Dharma is a living tradition with diverse schools of thought. The interpretations presented here represent one or more perspectives and may not align with all sampradayas, gurukulas, or religious authorities. For matters of personal practice, initiation, or significant life decisions, we strongly recommend seeking guidance from a qualified teacher.
3. Intellectual Property and Content Ownership
Our content
All original editorial content, articles, translations, design elements, and code on this website are owned by Sanatana Dharma or its contributors and are protected by copyright. You may not reproduce, republish, distribute, or commercialise any original content without prior written permission.
Sacred texts and traditional content
Scriptures, mantras, shlokas, and other traditional content from Vedic and Hindu literature are part of the shared cultural and spiritual heritage of humanity. Original-language texts are not owned by us. Our translations and commentary may be protected; please contact us if you wish to reproduce them.
User-submitted content
By submitting a comment or message through this website, you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to display that content. You retain ownership of what you write. You represent that you have the right to submit the content and that it does not infringe the rights of others.
4. User Conduct
You agree not to use this website to:
- Post or transmit content that is unlawful, hateful, abusive, discriminatory, or religiously inflammatory
- Harass, defame, or threaten other users or our team
- Spread deliberate misinformation about Hindu dharma, traditions, or communities
- Post spam, commercial solicitations, or irrelevant content
- Attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of our systems
- Scrape or harvest content or personal data from this website in an automated manner without permission
- Impersonate any person, teacher, acharya, or organisation
We reserve the right to remove any content and restrict access to any user who violates these terms, at our sole discretion and without prior notice.
5. Comments and Community
Comments submitted on articles are reviewed before publication. We may reject or delete comments that are off-topic, disrespectful, or violate these terms. Approved comments reflect the views of their authors, not of Sanatana Dharma.
6. External Links
This website may contain links to external sites. We do not control the content of those sites and are not responsible for their accuracy, privacy practices, or legality. A link does not imply endorsement.
7. Accuracy and Changes
We strive for accuracy in all content but cannot guarantee that all information is complete, current, or error-free. Scripture translations and philosophical interpretations may differ across traditions. We reserve the right to modify or remove content at any time without notice.
8. Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability
This website is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Sanatana Dharma disclaims all liability for damages arising from your use of this site, including but not limited to reliance on any content herein.
9. Governing Law
These terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with applicable law. Any disputes arising in connection with these terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the relevant jurisdiction.
10. Changes to These Terms
We may update these terms from time to time. The revised date at the top of this page reflects the most recent changes. Continued use of the website after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.
11. Contact
If you have questions about these terms, please contact us via our contact page.
धर्मो रक्षति रक्षितः — "Dharma, when protected, protects." — Manusmriti