Aryadharma, Āryadharma, Arya-dharma: 3 definitions
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Aryadharma means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
Source: Pure Bhakti: Brhad BhagavatamrtamĀryadharma (आर्यधर्म) refers to the “religious duties of a civilized people”, according to the Śrī Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta 1.4 (“Bhakta: The Devotee”).—Accordingly, as Śrī Hanumān said to Nārada: “[...] Even so, I simply feel more attracted to the Supreme Lord in His eternal identity as Śrī Raghunātha, the son of Daśaratha and joy of Mother Kauśalyā. His heart always tender with natural, unaffected compassion, He is spontaneously attracted to loving exchanges with His devotees, exchanges free from any tinge of duplicity. He demonstrates how to follow properly the religious duties of a civilized people (āryadharma-pradarśaka), and He upholds the strict vow of having only one wife. [..]”.
Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraĀryadharma (आर्यधर्म) refers to the “holy Dharma”, according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 1.—Accordingly: [...] If the Bodhisattva were able to walk and talk as soon as he was born, people would say: “This man that we see is extraordinary, he must be a god, a nāga or a demon. [...]”. Victims of their own modesty, these people cannot become firm adepts of the holy Dharma (āryadharma-bhājana). It is for them that the Buddha is born in the Lumbinīvana.—Although he might have gone directly to the tree of enlightenment and become Buddha there, he pretended by skillful means to act as a child, as an adolescent, as a young man and as a grown man. [...]
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀryadharma (आर्यधर्म):—[=ārya-dharma] [from ārya] m. religion of the Āryans, [Religious Thought and Life in India 20 ]etc.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Dharma, Arya, Tarma.
Full-text: Trayimaya, Dharmarakta, Pradarshaka.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Second comparison or upamāna: A a mirage (marīci) < [Bodhisattva quality 19: the ten upamānas]
Story of how Dharmarakta sacrifices himself for a stanza < [Chapter XXVII - The Virtue of Exertion]
The Viśeṣacinti-brahma-paripṛcchā-sūtra < [Part 3 - Outshining the knowledge of all the Śrāvakas and Pratyekabuddhas]
The Great Chariot (by Longchenpa)
Part 1 - It will not be realized by those who manifest pride < [E. There is no realization by the words of doctrine]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 1.4.100-104 < [Chapter 4 - Bhakta (the devotee)]
Kalpa-sutra (Lives of the Jinas) (by Hermann Jacobi)
Tradition and Modernity in Independent India < [July – September, 1998]
Bal Gangadhar Tilak < [October 1964]
The Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 18 - Curse of the Brāhmaṇa < [Book 1 - First Skandha]