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'''''Apno Dharma''''' ({{IPA-gu|apəɳo dʰərmə}}) is 1916 [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] collection of articles on religion and philosophy written by Indian writer [[Anandshankar Dhruv]].<br />
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==Publication history==<br />
The book was first published in 1916. The second edition appeared in 1920, and the third edition in 1942, which was edited by [[Ramnarayan V. Pathak]]. ''Apno Dharma'' was later republished in 1998 by [[Gujarat Sahitya Akademi]] under the title ''Dharmavichar'' (Vol. 1).<ref name="GVK">{{cite encyclopedia|editor-last=Thaker|editor-first=Dhirubhai|editor-link=Dhirubhai Thaker|encyclopedia=[[Gujarati Vishwakosh]]|title=Āpaṇo Dharma|last1=Bhatt|first1=Ramesh M.|last2=Jani|first2=Ramnikbhai|volume=2|year=2014|edition=3rd|publisher=Gujarat Vishwakosh Trust|location=Ahmedabad|pages=74–75|isbn=978-93-83975-03-7|language=gu}}</ref><br />
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==Contents==<br />
The book contains Dhruv's articles which he contributed to the magazines ''[[Sudarshan (magazine)|Sudarshan]]'' and ''[[Vasant (magazine)|Vasant]]''.<ref name="Commemoration Volume">{{cite book|editor1-last=Parikh|editor1-first=Rasiklal C.|editor1-link=Rasiklal Parikh|editor2-last=Trivedi|editor2-first=Ratilal M.|editor3-last=Joshi|editor3-first=Umashankar|editor3-link=Umashankar Joshi|title=Acharya Dhruva Smaraka Grantha [Acharya Dhruva Commemoration Volume]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H5MvAQAAMAAJ|year=1946|publisher=[[Gujarat Vidhya Sabha]]|location=Ahmedabad|page=35|oclc=769701345}}</ref><br />
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In the books, Dhruv has explained logically the theory of [[Advaita Vedanta]] ([[nondualism]]), a branch of Indian philosophy.<ref name="Garg1992">{{cite book|editor-last=Garg|editor-first=Ganga Ram|title=Encyclopaedia of the Hindu World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WjDcd0cTFxQC&pg=PA557|volume=1|year=1992|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-7022-374-0|page=557}}</ref> He has presented his view rationally and tried to remove some of the misunderstandings about the Indian mythological episodes by giving new interpretation.<ref name="Datta1987">{{cite encyclopedia|last=Mehta|first=Chandrakant|editor-last=Datta|editor-first=Amaresh|title=Apno Dharma|encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC&pg=PA214|year=1987|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-260-1803-1|pages=214–215}}</ref><br />
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==Reception==<br />
Due to its lucid presentation and sound logic, ''Apano Dharma'' is considered a classic work in [[Gujarati literature]].<ref name="Garg1992"/><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Internet Archive|id=in.ernet.dli.2015.252197}} (second ed.)<br />
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