Adharma (Sanskrit: a + dharma): non-righteousness. The 'a' doesn't literally mean 'not', but used as a prefix (much like 'mis' in misunderstood). The Sanskrit language ( संस्कृता वाक्) is one of the earliest attested members of the Indo-European language family and is not only a classical language, but also an official language of India. ...
Adharma is the antonym of Dharma. Connotations include wrong, bad, immoral, wickedness etc.; basically the vices. Dharma (sanskrit, roughly law or way) is the way of the higher Truths. ...
The wife of Adharma (vice) was Himsá (violence), on whom he begot a son Anrita (falsehood), and a daughter Nikriti (immorality): they intermarried, and had two sons, Bhaya (fear) and Naraka (hell); and twins to them, two daughters, Maya (deceit) and Vedaná (torture), who became their wives.
On the contrary, Daksha and the other Rishis, the elders of mankind, tend perpetually to influence its renovation: whilst the Manus and their sons, the heroes endowed with mighty power, and treading in the path of truth, as constantly contribute to its preservation.
According to the Bhagavata Purana, Adharma is the husband of Mrishá (falsehood), and the father of Dambha (hypocrisy) and Máyá (deceit), who were adopted by Nirritti (Hindu god/dess of misery).
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