dharma
See also: Dharma
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit धर्म (dhárma, “that which upholds or supports”). The definitions pertaining to Buddhism are influenced by dhamma, a loan word from Pali. Doublet of dhamma and firm.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɑːmə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈdɑɹ.mə/
- (Indian English) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ʱəɾ.mə/, /d̪ʱəɾm/
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mə
Noun
dharma (countable and uncountable, plural dharmas)
- (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) The natural order of the universe; natural law, cosmic order.
- Antonym: adharma
- (Hinduism) One's obligation in respect to one's position in society, or the universe; one's duty, societally or cosmically.
- (Buddhism) The teachings of the Buddha as one's personal path to enlightenment.
- (Buddhism) The teachings of the Buddha as a practice to be promulgated and taught.
- (Jainism) Rule of conduct.[1]
Derived terms
Related terms
- Sanatana Dharma ("the eternal way, Hinduism")
Translations
principle that orders the universe
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teachings of the Buddha
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See also
References
- Wikipedia contributors (2015–2023) “Ethics of Jainism Ethics of Jainism]”, in Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, archived from the original on 11 September 2023: “Jain ethical code prescribes two dharmas or rules of conduct.”
Balinese
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɑr.maː/
- Hyphenation: dhar‧ma
- Rhymes: -ɑrmaː
Noun
dharma m (uncountable)
- dharma (order of the universe, society, etc.; one's social or religious duty in Hinduism; teachings of the Buddha)
Derived terms
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdar.ma/
- Rhymes: -arma
- Hyphenation: dhàr‧ma
Old Javanese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dar.ma/
- Rhymes: -ma
- Hyphenation: dhar‧ma
Noun
dharma
- dharma:
- (Hinduism, Buddhism) the natural order of the universe; natural law, cosmic order.
- (Hinduism) one's obligation in respect to one's position in society, or the universe; one's duty, societally or cosmically.
- (Buddhism) doctrine, truth: the teachings of the Buddha as one's personal path to enlightenment.
- benevolence, piety, righteousness, virtue
- nature, property
- religious foundation, temple
Derived terms
- amadharmakĕn
- dhinarma
- dhinarman
- kadharma
- kadharman
- madharma
- madharmakĕn
- makadharma
- maṅdharmakĕn
- padharma
- pinadharmakĕn
- pinakadharma
- sadharma
- adharma
- alpadharma
- amitadharma
- anak iṅ dharma
- atidharma
- buddhidharma
- dharma haji
- dharma lĕpas
- dharmabuddhi
- dharmacakra
- dharmacintana
- dharmacitta
- dharmadeśana
- dharmadhara
- dharmadwaya
- dharmajña
- dharmajñāna
- dharmakriyā
- dharmakuśala
- dharmakāraṇa
- dharmakāri
- dharmakārya
- dharmakāñcana
- dharmakāñcanasiddhi
- dharmakīrti
- dharmakṣatriya
- dharmakṣetra
- dharmamārga
- dharmamūrti
- dharmamūrtika
- dharmapara
- dharmaparārtha
- dharmaparāyaṇa
- dharmapatnī
- dharmaprawaktā
- dharmaprawṛtti
- dharmapriya
- dharmapuruṣa
- dharmaputra
- dharmarakṣaka
- dharmasamaya
- dharmasatya
- dharmasinta
- dharmasmaraṇa
- dharmasthiti
- dharmasthāna
- dharmaswabhāwa
- dharmaswāmi
- dharmasādhana
- dharmasīma
- dharmatattwa
- dharmatulā
- dharmawacana
- dharmawighna
- dharmawyawasāya
- dharmayuddha
- dharmayuddhakarma
- dharmayukti
- dharmaśaraṇa
- dharmaśāla
- dharmaśāsana
- dharmaśāstra
- dharmaśāstropadeśa
- dharmaśīla
- dharmābhiṣeka
- dharmādharma
- dharmādhikaraṇa
- dharmādhyakṣa
- dharmāhoratra
- dharmālambana
- dharmānurāga
- dharmārthakāma
- dharmātma
- dharmātmaja
- dharmāwasāna
- dānadharma
- iṣṭidharma
- kṣatriyadharma
- kṣatriyadharma
- lokikadharma
- paramadharma
- paramārthadharma
- parārthadharma
- puṇyadharma
- saṅ makadharma huripta
- sudharma
- swadharma
- sānak dharma
- ugradharma
- śūnyadharma
Further reading
- "dharma" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
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